Cam Do Hotel Dalat

... do it justice, my lungs were at capacity effort and I think I lost a few pounds in weight today with the effort. We also visited a hillside village, where they had no running water and no electricity, use prayer instead of taking their children to hospital and had a different native tongue than Vietnamese. Travelling is said to be a leveller, and all I could think as we continued with our trek was the 'more, bigger, better' mentality that ...

... skjorta med monster och hangslen... smyghomo?kanske. Dansen var det inget fel pa och visade garna detta for ett par stela svenskar som angrar sig bittert att de inte ens forsokte att lara sig dansa till balen i 9an.

Helt plotsligt sa borjade det spelas "happy birthday" och ett gang vietnamesiska officerare kom upp och borjade roja. En och annan hand skakades med dessa hojdare innan det var dags att bege sig. Det skall tvattas klader. Weej!

... and the surrounding areas the day after.

And was it ever worth it! We saw coffee farms, tried locally brewed whiskey, played with local ethnic minority kids, Niall even tried the local tobacco. We went all over by motorbike, got peed on and loved every minute of it.So much so that we signed up for a five day tour starting tomorrow from here to Hanoi. The one thing that was no so much fun was every Easy Rider who we didnt book with ...

We arrived in Nha Trang on Monday, August 17 after a night of constantly interrupted sleep aboard the sleeper bus. Luckily I was the only person on the bus to have an empty seat next to me so I was able to curl up on my side and sleep fairly comfortably. The inability to enjoy a peaceful night of sleep lies in the combined problems with the bus's shoddy suspension and the neglected roads filled with potholes - after period of relative silence and stability, the bus is ...

... in the wrong spot (at some hotel where the drivers must get commission), so we had to traipse up the road a couple of kilometers to our correct destination. It was all worth it though, because the hotel we managed to score had a spectacular balcony with sea views and a cool breeze. We didn't do that much in Nha Trang as we had to get out of bed at 5am to get our flight to Danang.

... which is more commonly known as the "Crazy House." The mini hotel was designed by Hang Nga, the daughter of Vietnam's second president. The guest house is a giant form of surreal artwork, greatly resembling Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi's work. When visiting Spain (many moons ago), I was enthralled by Gaudi's architectural genius and wacky style. One of his most famous buildings, the Sagrada Familia, is an unfinished cathedral. Like the ...

... but they'd put bloody lights everywhere so it wasn't that hard!! There was a shooting range where you could shoot machine guns if you fancied but I'm anti-gun so avoided it. It wasn't a great experience as I learnt more about the tunnels in my Lonely Planet book than from visiting the site... so I blame the tour guide... although to be fair it was raining so he probably rushed us around more than he normally would have?
All in all felt more like a tourist than ...

... of the tour we were brought to the place called the Crazy House. An architect had designed this mad look place that you could actually stay in. It all looked like a big tree and bits coming off the building in all directions. Its hard to explain so the pictures will have to do the talking. We ened up back at the cafe with the drivers having a drink and got persuaded to book a 2 day, one night tour with them. It was a bit expensive but we said feck it lets do it.

... jackets. Nice.

We strapped on our helmets, stepped into the waterproof trousers, and then we were ready to roll, "Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead..."

Errr.... maybe not!



Needless to say we were absolutely soaked within minutes, but it ...

... br>There was absolutely NO WAY we could have sat in those seats with our legs totally squashed for 18 minutes, let alone 18 hours...

The staff were so rude that we actually decided to get off the bus, take off all our luggage and re-book for the next day, or scream and shout until we got a refund, but at the very last minute they grunted an "ok" and let us sit on the back row.

The only problem with ...