The following is a personal journal of a trip through Vietnam in October 2001.
OK, it's a holiday. Enjoy it as a diary, or gather the meagre nuggets of info it may hold for your own trip.
I tried to add links to useful sites, such as the tour agencies used, maps, information sites, and include pix to give you a hint of what to expect.

Go now, before everyone you know has been. It's a fascinating, friendly and still slightly exotic country.

And you can buy Pringles and Coke if that's what you need to get by.

W Potter, May 2002