This morning we had an early start to go on our PADI Discovery scuba
dive! It was fantastic! We went out to an island off Nha Trang for the
first dive which lasted about 30mins at 6 meters (the lowest you can
go at our novice level). We then moved on to another site & given the
opportunity to do a 2nd dive (extra $20 each) which we couldn’t pass
up. Another 30mins down there where we saw foot-long sticky type fish,
big bright yellow fish, moray eels etc etc as well as beautiful coral.

We both loved it & now considering whether to do the full PADI course
so we can do more.

Knackered now so having a siesta! xx

PS – Good luck to Hull City against Chelsea later on. We’ll be waching if we can!

The train from HCMC to Nha Trang was really good and perfectly on
time. We got to see some great views go past and had our compartment
to ourselves for the whole 7 hour ride.

We found a great hotel via TripAdvisor.com and WikiTravel.com called
Ha Van Hotel and after some very nice food at ‘Same Same but Different
Cafe’ we are off to bed before seeing the beach in the day light.

Thank you for all the comments you lot are leaving for us, it’s great
to hear from you all!

This will only really make sense to those of you who saw the recent
Top Gear special in Vietnam. We found a great shop selling huge
Galleons that we can strap to the back of a moped but unforunately we
can’t take them on the train!

On another comedic note that only a few people will get… in a bar in
Trat we found a bottle of Old Nick! It goes without saying that it
wasn’t the first thing on our minds when we came to order!

A day of learning about the Vietnam war for us today. Well….the
“it’s all the American’s fault” side of the story anyway! Gruesome
pics of the effects of US chemical spraying & carpet bombing.

Interestingly though, last night we met an Aussie ex-soldier who
served over here during the war & his opinion is very different. He
has injuries from getting shot & blames the vietnamese entirely (even
though he’s been married to one for 13 years!).

Tomorrow is our 1st train journey from HCMC to Nha Trang, further
north on the coast then a couple of days on the beach before moving
further north again.