This is something that happens fairly frequently and is something that you will get used to over any period of time. It is something that I now have experience of, having spent several weeks in Vietnam. Previously, in countries such as Russia and China, this was not a problem. If it was, it was not […]

I got up for the train to Da Nang early, as there was only one train available for the day that I wanted to travel and I took it. The journey was meant to be scenic and it was, but I didn’t find it that interesting. It was quite spectacular, but all the tourists straining […]

I got to Hue by taking a private bus from Dong Ha. Mr. Binh, sufficiently happy with the tip I gave him, decided to drive me there and try and help me get a good bus. Unfortunately, as it was coming up to the Tet holiday, not even a Vietnamese person could get the standard […]

Here I went around the former DMZ, with Mr Binh, my guide for 2 days. I got up for the bus to Dong Ha at 04:40, as the bus left at 05:00. It had been instructed to park outside my hotel and beep when it had arrived, which had struck me as being slightly inconsiderate, […]