We left Nha Trang this morning and headed further south to the beach town of Mui Ne. Six hours stuffed into the back of a bus with a barely functioning aircon, but we made it. Upon arrival, we checked into our small beachside hotel and were given a room which was literally 15 metres from the beach. We wanted the beach front room, but it had already been taken - what a tough time we're having J After chilling out for the rest of that day, we rented a scooter...

Nha Trang (China Beach where American troops came for some R&R during 'Nam baby….) We'd heard what it would be like after talking to other travellers and it was just that - built up and over commercialised - but we had to stop here as part of our open-bus tour from north to south. We visited the Cham Towers yesterday, which were set in a stunning location with beautiful views across the bay and up the river. Luckily the weather played along and provided...

Hoi An. So far, apart from the fact that two scooter drivers tried to rip us off as soon as we stepped off the bus, Hoi An has been my favourite place in Vietnam! It's much smaller and quieter than the other places we've been to - and a lot cleaner as well (the old quarter that is). The architectural style and colours of the buildings were gorgeous and we ended up just wandering around for a whole day in the old quarter looking at shops and sights. Hoi An is fa...

Hue (+ overnight bus journey from Hanoi) - We're gonna blog you from the Delta to the D-M-Z! Finally….. getting out of the big city to travel south. Our journey started with an overnight bus ride from hell to Hue (6pm to 9am). It appears that those who can't hack it in Vietnam, drive buses!!! You squeeze into these narrow isles on the bus and then climb into your little bunk for the night. I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but turning indicators ar...

We've just left Sa Pa, which is a town in northwest Vietnam. We arrived there via overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai (which is only 2 km from the Chinese border) and have spent the last 3 days trekking in the surrounding countryside (covering about 30km in the process and are probably going to lose a couple of toe nails due to the steep decline of some of the routes). We spent our first night staying in a Vietnamese minority-tribe village - very interesting an...