For our alone night in Saigon, we ate at Hoa Tuc as recommended by Cousin Orville, it was awesome, a do-over if we ever visit Saigon again.
Crossing the roads - once the cars and vans are out of the way then just slowly and calmly walk across, the mopeds and bikes will magically weave around you - although it seems virtually impossible to begin with, once you've done it a couple of times it's a piece of cake
The Welcome Dinner at Eon 51 - don't go expecting gourmet food, you are there for the view mainly
The cooking class in Hoi An was really fun and the food was yummy
We took advantage of the laundry option provided by the guides in Hoi An, how she managed to get it all on her moped is still a mystery
The beach in Hoi An was destroyed by a typhoon that also hit the Philippines, they are rebuilding it but for now if you want to go to the beach you need to go out of the hotel and walk down a side path to get to it
We went on the optional visit to Marble Mountain and it was pretty awesome, we're very glad that we did it
In Laos at the Living Land Rice farm, beware of biting ants, whilst standing barefoot I got bitten pretty badly and am still itching and scratching even now - mind you i didn't go in the mud, perhaps if i had then i wouldn't of got bitten.
Although it's an early start, offering alms to the Monks is pretty special and worth getting up for.
Hope this helps, it's an awesome trip, not sure who will be your guides, we had Drew and Henry who were fantastic, if you have them say hi from Kerry, Steve Ben and Immy for us
