Definitely one of the highlights of my travels in Vietnam. Jo and I were part of a tour group that took in the floating markets, fishing villages, fish farms and boat trips over a 3 day/2 night period - very interesting and informative. There were a couple of young Aussies and Swedes with us and they certainly added to the experience as well. There's nothing like the sight of an Aussie lying on the floor of a boat at 10 in the morning whilst nursing a hangover -...

Arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) after a 200km bus journey from Mui Ne. After checking into our hotel, Jo and I spent the remainder of the afternoon wandering round the city and orienteering ourselves. Admittedly, I like Ha Noi more, as Saigon feels more like another big city - albeit with thousands of scooters clogging up the streets. Apparently there are 10 million people in the city and 5 million scooters - quite a statistic. The next day was spent vis...

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...