Hurrah for Ninh Binh, at last, the real Vietnam; after all, that’s why everyone goes there. So after I had spent most of the morning in Hanoi, finding a new … Continue readingNinh Binh

After a short stop in Hanoi where I went to a water puppets show it was straight on to Halong Bay, I took a tour as it is supposed to … Continue readingHalong Bay to Sapa

Hué is the opposite of Hoi An, put simply it?s a dump, but the main reason to go there is for the places around there. There is the ancient citadel … Continue readingHué

This was the complete opposite of my experience of Vietnam up to that point, I ended up at a Hotel just on the edge of the town centre where the … Continue readingHoi An

My first three stops weren’t up to much, Saigon is much like other Asian cities, dirty, crowded and a bit smelly. I went on a tour to visit the Cu … Continue readingFrom Saigon to the Beach

Mindil markets are about the only thing going for Darwin; no surf and dangerous seas make beach life pretty uninspiring; they open just before sunset and the sunsets in Darwin … Continue readingDarwin

Honestly, the kids today are really dull. When I got to Darwin I spent a couple of days looking for people to share a car to drive around Kakadu and … Continue readingKakadu & Litchfield

Cairns is just a long line of backpackers and motels interspersed with Irish pubs and tourist information centres. Needless to say I stayed just long enough to take a boat … Continue readingYou Can Lick Their Bums Apparently

From Airlie beach it is only a few hours up to Townsville, which is a pretty small and uninspiring place. On the plus side it does have magnetic island just … Continue readingMagnetic Island