Friday overcast Well we were awake at 6am today because the power went out at the hotel. (council work) it seriously was the worst hotel A. I had to fix the toilet, even though i reported to broken hours before. Ants in the bed, and then no power. No power not usually a problem but the A/C's in the hotels here, tend to block out the early morning noise. Most people in Vietnam are up at the crack of dawn. $10 per night A, would of rather of slept on the beach. K...

Thursday: sunny I hate alarms especially ones at 5:30, and wasn't the best sleep either Kim and I both had tummy aches for most of the night. We hopped on a transfer bus which took us to the big bus, and I nearly couldn't find our tickets. Oops All good though found them and now time to try and get some shuteye. HA! how wrong I was. Once you leave the towns and hit the highways there are trucks galore, and this bus driver was worse than the driver to Dalat. ...

Wednesday sunning After an omelet roll for breaky. We had to do a few things, like find and ATM that dispensed more that $100 and organize a bus ticket for tomorrow. When we finished our to do list we headed for the water slides at Vinpearl Island, and there was perfect weather today. We walked there it took about an hour, a bit longer that we thought but most of the walk was along a nice empty beach. We stopped for awhile at a cafe for a coffee a view of the ...

Tuesday : rain overcast sun Yeah i thought i would feel a bit second hand in the morning today, it was well after 1am before I hit the sack. We met downstairs at 8am to grab some breakfast. Yummy omelets. We jumped on the bikes about 9am, and with a short ride we arrived at a minority village were the children ran out and greeted Kim and I. We were shown the huts were the families live, shown how they cook, collect water and food from their water well, veggie ...

Monday overcast raining After another good dosage of Vegemite for breakfast, we checked out and then met our bike tour guides around 8:30. This trip with easy rider tours claims to get you exposed to the real Vietnam, so we will see. Our first stop had me thinking that they are going to kill us and take our money haha! Kenny our guide took us through someones house and out the back into a shed. Everything was all good they were making Tofu, death by veggies. ...