A very relaxing morning and afternoon spent between the beach and the pool. Kids had more luck spotting crabs here than in Padstow! They also enjoyed surfing the waves! Late afternoon, we took a taxi into Hoi An town.. Quaint streets well known for tailoring, the most atmospheric and delightful town we have visited so far. No cars allowed down these alleyed lanes. Emma and I were in heaven! We are told the estimated number of tailors working here range from any...

Arrived at Sunrise Hotel, late last night and tired! Kids fell asleep during the 30 minute taxi journey from the airport. We love our 2 bedroom villa! Go to bed working out tactics on how we can get ourselves a free upgrade for the rest of our stay! A lovely lie in for everyone. Drawing back the living room curtains, we are able to fully appreciate how beautiful this place is! Last night it was too late to see anything. Today clear blue skies and hot hot hot. R...

An early wake up call! Day 2 of a scrummy Nikko breakfast. Tour bus pick up at 8am. We were joined by a Japanese/American couple and a family of 5 from Norway. A friendly group of people. Our tour guide spoke very good English. A 1 and a half hour van ride to the Cu Chi tunnels. This is where the Viet Cong spent years living in these confined tunnels hiding under the noses of the Americans...fighting, cooking, sleeping, dying. In these tunnels, 100,000 lived, o...

From Emma's earlier posting you will know the day got off to a very good start with a delicious breakfast.. The 4 of us ate for about 1 hour :-) Sight seeing slightly delayed by the fact that when we went to book our train tickets for our next stop to Hoi An tomorrow evening , all the cabins with beds are fully booked ! Panic! Spent next hour in business centre trying to book flights...cost wise only £80 difference for the 4 of us. (flying Vietnam's equivalen...

Hi everyone, I am absolutely stuffed!! After not really eating anything yesterday I have now definitely got my appetite back. As you probably know already that yesterday's hotel was, let's say......... interesting... For example: When we asked for breakfast for. Bread and jam we received bread with cheese and tomato pickle. Today! We have had the most amazing breakfast. We filled our stomachs with hash browns with egg and bacon, noodle soup, miso soup, con...