I’m going to keep this short as I’m sat in a hotel reception at 7am, after being on a bus for the last 12 hours, waiting for Kat and Emily (neither of whom have any sense of direction or can read a map) to come back from checking out some (hopefully nicer) accommodation!

We’ve been travelling a lot and this is the first time I’ve found a vaguely passable internet connection in weeks so this blog is somewhat suffering. Hopefully I’ll get chance to update all of what I’ve been up to in Vietnam when I arrive in Australia and get five days to chill out (and blog) at Kats Antys.

We’ve just spent three days in Hue where we looked at some more temples, mausoleums and pagodas and went on a tour of the Vietnamese DMZ. It was good but if I see another temple I’m going to scream!

Before that we spent four days in Hoi An doing nothing but shopping. It’s a very pretty quaint little town that is famous for its taylor made clothes. You can go in and either explain what you want and they’ll make it or pick something in the shop and they’ll make it to fit. I went a bit crazy and ended up buying: three pairs of trousers, one pair of shorts, four long skirts, one long dress (to wear to a wedding next year), two short dresses, two short skirts, two tops and a very nice winter coat! Oopps!!!! But it only coast 150GBP for it all and its all taylor made.

Anyway there isn’t much else I can report in a short amount of time. We are all getting VERY excited about leaving Asia and going to Australia. It’ll be son nice to be in a country where not only does everyone speak English but they don’t charge you extra because you’re white, think it’s ok not to give you your change and constantly hassle you to ride on their motorbike, tuk tuk etc… Asia has been fantastic but I think we are all just about ready to leave for a while.

Anyway best be off. Kat and Emily will be back soon.

* Posted by j150vsc on 23/08/2007.