Finally at the beach, The train wasn't as bad as it sounds... we were in a 'hard sleeper' room which had 6 berths, 3 on each side, the berths were almost like bunk beds, stacked up on the walls. We were on the bottom, which is by far the best, I've heard stories of people being on the top and having a few rats joining them on their trip. Our train left at 5pm so after a few hours it was totally dark and we didn't get to make the most of the view which is a sha...

After landing in Ho Chi Minh City on the 18th we jumped in a taxi to go the hotel, instantly we were amazed with how many motorbikes were on the roads, I would guess that to every car there must have been about 30 or 40 motorbikes... Crazy!!! Plus, I've notice they seem to drive on the pavements, cut corners and turn around whenever they please regardless of how many bikes and cars and coming towards them. Once we got out of the taxi we had to cross the road t...