OK, so I set this blog up in August, expecting to update it frequently... And here's my first post... Last weekend I went hiking with my friend April. She's Canadian. We hiked in Jirisan National Park, which is a few hours west of Busan. The first day it was gorgeous, sunny, warm for the season, and an all-around nice day. We visited Hoa-umsa Te...

Set on the Thu Bon River, Hoi An was know as an international trading port as far back as the 17th century. Influences from Chinese, Japanese and European culture are well preserved in the architecture and art. Hoi An is very busy tourist town with many people stopping here (either going north or south) within Vietnam. This has created an enviro...

Ciao a tutti, Only 3 hours by bus from Hue is the small river village of Hoi An, most famous for its numerous clothes shops, where Westeners flock to get tailor-made suits, dresses, skirts, you-name-it, I thought this was all a bit superficial, not my kind of tourism at all... until I actually saw the amazing summer dresses and winter coats! I c...

We got another night train to Hoi An and it took 14 hours. We managed to get a good night sleep though and we were there before we knew it. In Hoi An we stayed in a hotel on the edge of the town centre, rooms cost 10 pound a night- including breakfast and it had a pool. It was a great find. When we wandered into Hoi An we were not disappointed. ...

We spent our last day in Hue on a motor bike tour with a local from the vegetarian restaurant. He and his cousin picked us up and drove us through all the back alleys and rural roads to some of the local sights. It was a fun way of seeing the area - even though it started to rain. at some of the Tombs we were at there were tour guides yelling ou...

Happy New Year! We are having a GREAT one so far - on New Year's day we woke up with heavy colds, got harassed by hotel staff, and then got pick pocketed for a small(ish) amount of cash! BRILLIANT. I think we will celebrate it properly at Tet, the Vietnamese new year at the end of January, as due to our colds we slept through New Year's eve. We ...

hello again!!! here we are in the rain again in Hoi An. its because we r gettin the tail end of the typhoon Durian which has just killed lots of ppl in the phillipines- there was a bad 1 here in oct so lots of houses have no roofs n our guide told us that every1 had to hide in the hotel basement for over a day wen it hit! scary!!! since HCM city...

Arrived in Hoi An at about 6am, was feeling ok, but was still under the influence of the Xanex so had breakfast with Val then we checked into a hotel and slept for a while. Got up at about 9am feeling great, so we went for a wander around town, loads of older tourists about alot in large groups. The architecture around town was nice, but nothing...

Absolovala jsem prvni nocni jizdu busem a nebylo to nejhorsi, taka diky lahvince vodky a dzusu, kterou jsme si s holkam takticky opatrily! Hoi An je registrovane v Unescu, centrum mesta je historicke, neco jako Stare mesto prazske. nicmene na podrobnejsi prohlidku domu a klasteru jsem se nezmohla diky desnemu vedru. kazdy prvni obchod je krejcov...

The night bus was an interesting experience and after my trip from Rainbow Beach to Airlie Beach I was a little wary. The bus left at 7pm and was due to arrive at 6am the next morning. The bus wasn't full so I got two seats to myself and the hope of some sleep stirred. The passengers were mainly vietnamesse, but there were also 6 french guys as ...