Thursday, 12 Mar 2009 | Views [515]
The bus to Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon) was, thankfully, uneventful and we arrived, found a room and had just enough time to arrange a 3 day tour through the Mekong Delta for the next day. We were getting the boat across the border to Cambodia so we ... Read more >
Monday, 23 Feb 2009 | Views [2633] | Comments [1]
There's really nothing to say about the town of Quy Nhon, except that we shouldn't have bothered going there. In an attempt to get off the tourist trail, we plumped for the apparently up-and-coming beach resort. After being the only ones dropped off ... Read more >
Monday, 23 Feb 2009 | Views [559]
Hoi An reminded me a lot of lovely Luang Prabang in Laos. The old town is a collection of pretty, narrow streets with colourful old French buildings. There are nice cafes and bustling markets and a million places to get hand-made clothes. We hired bikes ... Read more >
Friday, 6 Feb 2009 | Views [478]
From Hanoi, we caught the overnight train to Hue(pronounced 'Hway')on the central coast of Vietnam. On 'soft sleeper' benches which were quite comfortable, it was a fairly pleasant journey. We shared our cabin with a nice Canadian couple. The guy was ... Read more >
Wednesday, 4 Feb 2009 | Views [306]
The trip to Hanoi from Vietnam had us in a bit of a panic. First we booked tickets for the 24 hour bus journey overland, glad that it was cheap and prepared for the discomfort. However, about an hour before the bus was to depart we had a quick look on ... Read more >
