Week13 So we begin this week on a sleeper bus to Nha Trang. not the best bus again, was crammed into the back and had to share the back beds with three chinese people, why are some chinese people so noisy?? we made it after 12 hours of travelling to Nha trang, it was much warmer but very cloudy, looks like a storm is brewing.We are only spending a day here and leaving wed (28th dec) to Saigon on a sleeper train. Which cost 526000 dong (£16) on another 1...

We also did a tour to My son,on our last day in hoi an, which was brilliant, it's basically where the Americans bombed and destroyed the Hindu temples as this is where the Viet con where hiding out, It was a massive jungle before the French discovered these hidden temples. Thee temples are older than Angkor wat but they were amazing. No one knows how they built these as you can't see any cement holding the bricks, They say maybe they used tree sap, but still no...

End of week 12 we got a bus to Hoi an, which was warmer but still no sun. The bus journey was about 3 hours. But had too many people on board so some just sat in the aisle. We spent four days here and stayed at the sunflower hotel which was really nice. The manager was really good. The restaurant next door was fantastic, the girls were really friendly and the food was amazing, ended up eating there a lot. I got some ¾ trousers made for about £6. As this is t...

Week 12 we made our way to Hue which is a 12 hour journey by bus from Hanoi. The bus was not as good as in china. Very cramped and hardly any space to move. But we got to Hue and guess what, rain!! Great feels like being back at home. And it looks like a wet Christmas. Typical!! Lol Stayed in Hue for two days, did a city tour and saw the citadel, an old emperors house. The best thing was a pagoda and also a tomb. Where an emperor was buried 9 feet under a st...

Week 11 Tom arrived and we made our way to Halong bay. Shame that the weather in Vietnam has been crap had a few days of sun in Hanoi but that was all. Halong bay is amazing and truly beautiful even without the sun. But felt quite cold in the open air. Stayed the first night on a junk boat and the second night on a private beach called monkey island that was very stunning. The highlight of the tour for me was kayaking in and out of caves in Halong bay. I w...