I spent the best part of the day cruising around Dalat on a motorbike with Henrik, getting lost and generally enjoying myself. It's been lashing down today. The weather up here is pretty much similar to a **** summers day in Sunderland. Might sound depressing to some, but I'm appreciating being away from the heat. I haven't sweated since I've be...

Somehow I managed to find myself trekking up the largest mountain in Southern Vietnam today wearing flip flops. As you can imagine, it wasn't very successful - although I gave it a damn good try. Travelling through the jungle without a tour guide, water, food or a map was probably not the greatest of ideas but thankfully I lived to tell the tale...

Decided to break up the long journey by spending half a day in the mountains before heading on to Mui Ne. Arrived in the early afternoon and noted an immediate change from coastal Nha Trang, namely that of the fact that it was pouring down with rain. The rain was so bad that we decided to stay in the hotel that they dropped us at. The room wasn'...

After three blissful nights in Nha Trang, we had to hit the road again in order to get to Saigon before the weekend - need to pick up our new passports.

Ah, fresh air! After a long bus ride with a chain-smoking driver, arrival in Delat was a pleasant surprise. The town is situated on a hillside with a small lake at the base. It was so refreshing to see people out walking, jogging and biking around the lake. I was exhausted after the 9 hour bus sit but knew that I needed to get out for a jog. Af...

Now in Dalat, which is in the central highlands of Vietnam. It's funny, cause we're almost going un noticed here, cause it's a tourist town for the Vietnamease people! It's great. It's nice and cool for a change, the place almost looks and feels like a ski town. everyone wearing puffy jackets. The Flower festival starts tomorrow. Anyway, today w...

We're actually in Saigon now (it's 3/12), but we've just had 4 good days in Dalat - a beautiful little city in the mountains and built around a very picturesque lake. It was very different to the rest of Vietnam - aside from the location the houses were much more spread out (and nicer) and there were lots of nice gardens throughout the city. The...

Six hour bus trip? Lies, all lies! It is like the standard answer. So not true. More like 8 hours. Only this time there were no toilets on the bus. I was thrilled as I am sure you can imagine. We did stop a few times on the way though, thank goodness. As soon as we entered Dalat we could feel the difference in the air. Much cooler and it is so b...

Hee hee- that is what one of the locals said to Shaunta when he saw her pale complexion compared to his own... Another good one we heard today - as she rolled up her pants to show off some leg - oh my your skin so white - like wheat flour!! So funny. People here just blow right by me since I am so bloody dark - seriously this is week 1 and I am ...

The architect of this house is the Niece of Ho Chi Min and studied arcitecture in Moscow I reckon sh probably has done too many psycadelic drugs