Didn't feel the need to update you on Hue as there was nothing to tell. Spent two days doing very little - although the Foprbidden City was pretty cool. Arrived in Hanoi (the capital of vietnam) for just a few hours ago - after a 16 hour overnight bus journey (with one stop i might add!!!?) - and have already managed to find a lovely french style cafe serving the best hot chocolate ever so.... am already liking the place!! he he. Not quite as modern or wealthy as Saigon but is still a typical Vietnamese city with streets packed with motorbikes, food stalls and kids playing chicken-feather-ball. Am looking forwrad to heading to Sapa tomorrow - up in the mountains. Sounds like a lovely place and hopefully my room will not be up 8 flights of staris like here (an impressive 86 steps makes sure you are very sweaty!!). Might try and do the culture thing tonight at the local opera or the water puppet theatre.....