After a bit of a bumpy flight back, we arrived back into to London Heathrow early on the Monday morning.  It was a reminder of what we had left …

We had been kicking our heels a bit in Hanoi for the last day or so and we were looking forward to getting to Bangkok, which would be the last stop o…

We had 3 seperate stays in Hanoi (arriving from Hue, returning from Sapa and returning from Ha Long Bay) and it was a bit of a disappointing place fo…

After a night back in the hectic "Hanoi-ing" after the peaceful Sapa trip, we headed-out to Ha Long Bay, for what we hoped would be a suitably relaxi…

To be honest, the places that we have so far visited on our journey thorugh Vietnam haven't really been particularly attractive or offered particular…

We made the fairly short journey (4 hours) from Hoi An to Hue on another unbelieveably uncomfortable bus (the Chinese might have invented water tortu…

After our crappy overnight journey, we arrived at our fantastic hotel in the picturesque city of Hoi An.  Hoi An is famous in Asia for it's conc…

Nha Trang was probably one of the least endearing places we have been to on our whole RTW trip to date, fortunately we can laugh about it from Hoi An…

Dalat was, quite literally, a wash-out! We arrived after a couple of relaxing days in Mui Ne and was looking forward to visiting the "Jewell in the …

After the fairly hectic Saigon, we headed north-east and along the coast to Mui Ne, which is a fairly quiet little town about 4 hours by bus from Sai…

Leaving Singapore to arrive at Saigon (as it is still largely called by many people that we have met, rather than Ho Chi Minh City) wasn't the cultur…

Singapore was the first stop our quick 6ish weeks around Asia.  It seemed like a good introduction - the humid conditions were very draining, al…