The Vietnam trail

13 Jan - Arrived to Hanoi
14 Jan - Getting my bearings. I went to the water puppet theatre at evening.
15 - 17 Jan - Halong Bay tour
18 Jan - HCM mausoleom and the temple of literature.
19 Jan - Perfume Pagoda tour
20 Jan - The Ethnology museum and bus ride to Ninh Binh
21 Jan - Visiting Tam Coc. Night train to Hue
22 Jan - Hue. Checking the view from the roof bar of a five star hotel.
23 Jan - (Former) Demilitarized Zone tour, including Vinh Moc tunnels, Khe Sanh USA combat base, Ho Chi Minh trail and more. Nothing much to see other than being where history took place and a lovely ride from Dong Ha. Nevertheless, it was my first serious encounter with Vietnam's history.
24 Jan - Perfume River cruise. I visited Thien Mu, two tombs, Tu Duc and Minh Mang, out of the possible four and split from the tour with a motorbike taxi for Hue's citadel.
25 Jan - Bus to Hoi An.
26 - 30 - Resting in Hoi An. I went at nights to a brand new Salsa club and taught the waitresses some salsa and row dancing. The rest of the time they showed me around, taking me to their favorite spots, where tourists are scarce.
31 Jan - Night bus to Nha Trang
1 Feb - Nha Trang sights, Po Nagar Cham towers, the Long Son pagoda with its sitting Buddha and a nice rocky beach, Hon Chong Promontory.
2 Feb - The islands cruise, a.k.a booze cruise.
3 Feb - Bus to Dalat
4 Feb - Private motorbike tour to Bao Dai's summer palace (boring), the crazy house (nice), Datalana falls, Prenn falls , Lang Dinh (the chicken village) and an amazing new pagdoa and a lovely lake nearby.
5 Feb - Visit to Lat village and trekking to Lang Bian mountain (2400m high).
6 Feb - On to Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon)
7 Feb - Dam Sen amusement park
8 Feb - War remnants museum and the reunification palace
9 Feb - Mekong delta tour
10 Feb - Crossing to Cambodia by boat