Tonight we ate at Khong Gian Xua restaurant http://khonggianxuahue.com.vn/. Mmmmm, what a treat! We tried the warm fig salad with pork and shrimp, followed by cockle salad, sautéed garlic King prawns, grilled aubergine and clay pot rice. Most of the foods are specialties from the area and we were the only foreigners in the restaurant the whole evening. The whole spread only set us back £12 - incl beers and a delicious fruit salad platter. We walked back to the ...

Did you know that Facebook has been banned by the Vietnamese authorities since 2009? I have been trying to access FB to email friends but had no luck! Can only update my status via the blogging software. Interesting! Just spent the afternoon walking through the Forbidden City in Hue. Wow, a HUGE Unesco World Heritage site full of temples, palaces and gardens. Tomorrow we are heading out on a boat trip along the Perfume River to a Pagoda and then cycling along the...

Aaaah yes, the ubiquitous toilet shot. 13 hours on an overnight Vietnamese train. Need I say more? I think the photo speaks a thousand words...