South Vietnam

Well we have successfully made it to Sai Gon, with a few detours along the way :) after spending two nights in Hoi An, which was a very beautiful beach side town, that had a wonderful buzzing market, nothing like England, but a 100 times better :) we decided to spend a few days in Nha Trang, a town further south in Vietnam. The trip on the coach was not nearly as fun, we did not have a sleeper coach, just a regular one this time, for a 12 hours trip though the night :S Sarah and I did not get much sleep, if any. What we did find it amusing however was how the coach managed to stop 5 times in the space of half an hour!!!! and pick people up from the side of the road. The word 'road' being used in the loosest sense as it was more like a pot hole filled dirt track that happened to have been carved out of the landscape, and whether you were going the same way as any one else on it did not seem to matter. The fact that we were in a coach though, made us feel totally secure :S lol. Any way, there were far to many people on the bus than there were seats, which meant people chose the sit right next to me and Sarah on the floor, and put their bags in our foot wells, making what little space we already had, shrink! lol. We got off the bus at 6am, not even close to rested, or in the mood for talking, and set off to find the hostel. This trip was compensated for by seeing the beach at 6 in the morning, just as the sun was starting to rise in the sky, that made up for everything :) We almost got led astray by a guy on a bike, who told us he would give us directions to our hostel, when we got there however we realised it was the wrong one and the women who met us was not remotely friendly towards us once she realised that we already had bookings elsewhere. After finding the correct hostel, we went straight to the beach and did not move for several hours :) The town was a bit more developed than Hoi An had been. The beach itself was much longer and the sea was a beautiful blue color, having a tan in February, who would have thought it???? :P We stayed an extra night there in order to check out the night life. I managed not to pay for a drink all night, yet was still drunk by the end of it, score :)
We came by bus to Sai Gon, thankfully on a sleeper bus this time, which was much better, minus the bugs that ate my ankle all night :S The hostel we are at this time is owned by a crazy lady who has no idea and can't speak English, it is making it very entertaining lol. We are here for a week, then flying to Bangkok, so there is plenty of time to explore and see what the city has to offer :)