So after a 15 hour train journey we arrived in Hanoi at 4.30am. Upon arrival it decided to rain. Great. We disembarked and were immediately hounded by hundreds of taxi drivers all shouting at us and demanding we pay extortionate amounts to get in their respective taxis. They were practically manhandling us. Well, my temper soon got the better of me (they didn't call me Rambo at primary school on account of my skills with a bazooka) and after a stern talking to, m...

The best way to get to our next destination, Hue, is by train as it goes along the coast and is very scenic (for scenic read slow). However, Hoi-An has no station and so we had to get a taxi to Danang where we could board. The train arrived and we attempted to get on. There's no platform so you have to walk along the rails. It was very hot and we were glad to set foot on the airconditioned train. Sadly that's all we managed to get on as the train wasn't our one a...

So after the world's worst bus journey we find ourselves in Hoi An. It's a small town with a French-village-in-Provence sort of vibe. There's a lot of cafes and restaurants to sit around in and pass the time away. However, the town is really on the tourist route as it is the place for getting clothes made. There are over 500 tailors in a town the size of Tunbridge Wells. Well it didn't take long before we plunged in and got measured. Leanne was first and chose a...

Hi all, having left our hotel in Saigon during torrential rain, we arrived at the station to wait for our train to Nha Trang. I remained nervous about who our sleeping companions would be, whilst Matt was extremely excited about sleeping on a train like a child with a new toy!! Anyway, we found our little wooden cabin, with four bunk beds which was actually lovely, settled in, and waited with baited breath to see who would join us. Ten minutes later, I looked up ...

Our 3 week Vietmanese adventure started when we landed in Saigon. The airport was incredibly clean and really efficient. All the immigration booths were full of people wanting to check our passports and there wasn't a queue at all. Wow, we thought, this isn't anything like how we'd imagined the country to be. Upon leaving the airport however, we entered the real Vietnam, the unpolished, hectic, unplanned, completely crazy world that is Saigon. The roads are incr...