Wednesday November 15th

Another travel day with a noon flight so the breakfast is relaxed. No real problems en route and this time we find the local bus for a journey into town costing 12c/7p each. As bargains go this is one of our favorites: up there with fresh donuts in HCM for 7c/ 4p, shrimp pancakes in Dalat (see later) for 12c/7p and internet ranging from 7c-14c (4p-8p) an hour (which explains why I keep writing so much... the picture capabilities are not so good hence a lack of pictures right now).

We have already booked a hotel (where we left most of our baggage) and get a nice room quickly. Then we have time to check out the amenities of "Backpacker Hell" , book coach tickets for the next few legs of our journey and get food before the usual early night. It's not really hell here, actually there is a concentration of the stuff travellers need with many less hassles than we'd been led to believe. Not sure we need the proliferation of Italian restaurants but many are run by Italians and there must be a demand.