Monday - sunny then rain We woke up to the sounds of the Mr Whippy Van man this morning. No no it was only the garbage truck, they must play that music to keep the workers merry. After breakfast we went for a walk around town, and Hoi An is just as cool to look at during the day as it is at night. With it's tiny lanes, yellow buildings, timber doors and shutters. We went through the markets and I picked up a black silk sleeping bag linner for Nepal, and stopped...

Sunday : sunny Today we are of to My Son pronounced (Me Sun) Vietnam's Largest temple site. So after a pancake fueled breaky, we hopped on our bus and went for a looksie. Now I dislike these types of tours immensely, we had about 30-40 ppl in our group. Only one guide to show us around, and he had no control over the group. His voice was too quiet and could barely speak English. After he gave a quick spool there WAS NO GUIDE! He just said be back at bus at 11:...

Saturday : overcast After an overnight storm we had Banana Pan cakes and iced coffee in our hotel for breakfast over looking the river and (old town) yum. Then we booked a My Sun tour for tomorrow, hired a scooter and made our way to Marble Mountains. Riding along the country roads was great, Kim was enjoying the ride too. Green rice fields and less traffic made it easy. We topped up the bike with some peddo and got the attendant to point us in the right direc...

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. ...