Jo and Hayley's SEA tour

After a ghastly overnight train trip arrived in Danang around 6.30am. The train was filthy and you get a blanket and pillow with your bunk. Both our bunks had recently been slept in, and linen remained the same. I gave my blanket to the train porter, hoping he would get the message and get us a clean sheet at least, however he neatly folded it, taking several minutes and gave it back. The train rattled and shook its way north, and we had little sleep. I got up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night(we try not to drink and avoid these toilets like the plague), and got locked out of my cabin.The porter kindly let me back in as I looked at him through bleary eyes. We headed to our hotel, the Varna, and luckily they let us check in early because we were buggered. The hotel is a bit grotty, so we looked around at some others on our walk last night, and decided it wasn't so bad in comparison. We are staying adjacent to the river, and its not such a pretty city by day, but by night is quite lovely, lots of fairy lights, and the two bridges near us are spectacularly lit in different colours. We spent the afternoon wandering around the big shopping mall, and discovered the cineplex on the top floor, so treated ourselves to a movie. Most are in english, so we saw Salt with Angelina Jolie, was a good action flick, and only cost us a couple of dollars each. We had a really good dinner at a restaurant by the river, Hayley had a cesar salad, and I had spiced chicken with yoghurt sauce. Ian arrives today, on a sleeper train, a much longer journey than ours, so I'm sure he will enjoy..... Love to all! xxx