Leaving Hoi An We left Hoi An at 11.30 and traveled by car to Danang where our train awaited. NOT we got into the train station only to find that the tickets we had were for the 11.26 train not the 13.13 train that our travel agent had told us about. So short panic later we buy tickets for the 13.13 train. only 9 euro so not bad. We were waiting some time and the train was delayed and in all the confusion we started to queue up for the Hanoi train going in the o...

Last Day Hoi An Miss Vietnam the final night is on tomorrow night here in Hoi An some buzz about the place saw the arena all do up very pretty. We got our asses on some bicycles today best idea ever even when it was scorching the breeze cycling along was great. Posted some stuff to aberdeen presents and my 2 winter jackets i had made and my boots such a load off i can tell you. We cycled to Chan Island and all around it we met this man harpon fishing he caught...

We got up early to meet our guide who would take us to the My Son Tombs to see the temples and towers. slept most of the way as i got very little sleep after a coockroach was in our room and George was telling me horror stories about them licking the food from the corners of your mouth and you getn a rash from it and that it had happen to his sister. YEW!! I was woken up when we got their and we walked up to the settlement area where there was traditional music a...

Right today we went on a cooking course and we got taken to the market and shown all the different veg, herbs meat etc and i bought a full knife set and then we were taken on a boat trip up the river to the cooking skool were we had the vietnamese Gordon Ramsay showing us how its done he was just like him cold and shouted alot. so when im home i'll be able to cook up a storm. I have gotten 2 jackets made, a dress, today i got a skirt and shirt made and a pair of...

We got a bus today to Hoi An which is 4 hours from Hue. The bus was old and rickidy, not very comfortable with a lunatic of a driver. He was very aggressive and he had to beep his horn every 20 seconds and it was so bloody loud. I got to sleep but it was broken by the hoots. There was this cute little girl in the seat infront and across from me so i played peek a boo with her she was a little darling. We got to Hoi An and were met by teams of hotel owners and m...