South Nam

Hello hello!

A quick update from us - all is well with me (Rozzi) now healthwise... the Dengue fever was weird but relatively painless and short-lived. Unfortunately, I think it tainted a few of our experiences in the North of Vietnam - moodswings etc (for once I have something to blame for those!).

So we stayed 3 days in Hue, which turned out to be very nice, and already we could feel the difference between North and the South, where the locals seemed to be a lot friendlier. From Hue, we headed down towards Hoi An - a lovely little town on the coast, with a strangely French feel with its narrow old streets and old architecture. We loved it there and we decided to stay 2 nights, whilst we waited for Laurence's 2 taylored suits and my dress to be made (ooops... we went a bit mad with the spending for a bit, but its all good value for money!).

From there, we went straight down to Nha Trang, which is meant to be a great beach spot, so we were hoping for a relaxing time sunbathing, as we hadnt really done that since Thailand. As you can imagine, we weren't really expecting a huge tropical typhoon and storm to hit the town as soon as we arrived, so other than a few brief ventures out to the nearest food place, we didnt get to see much of the place. It's amazing how within a couple of days the beach got completely covered in washed up tree branches and other general waste from the sea...

Our next stop was Ho Chi Minh City, aka Saigon! We have become a little lazy about visiting cities now - they all seem to be pretty similar and generally not that interesting, so other than the Vietnam War Musium, we really didn't do much else! So the day after we arrived in Saigon we went on a trip around the Mekong Delta. Now that is a pretty special experience! It is a huge river with so much life happening around and on it and I'm sure we will be telling tales of it when we get back :o)

So we ended our trip to Vietnam on a nice high and got the bus to Phnom Penh in Cambodia the following day, which is where we are now, writing this blog! Anyway, that's all for now, and we'll update again in around a week or so, after our Cambodian adventures.

Lots of love from us both,

Rozzi and Laurence
xxx