We made it all the way to central Vietnam from the UK without flying; just over 9000 miles of travelling. But we have decided to fly from Hoi An in central Vietnam to Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam. The train is a 20 hour journey whereas the plane does it in a little over 1 hour. It is a little disappointing to have to fly after avoiding it for so long, but really we have no good reason to not fly, the train costs about the same but takes so much longer. This will give us the extra time which we need because we have Christmas booked in Cambodia and it would be a shame to have to leave Vietnam knowing that we have skipped places we probably did have time to visit had we been more pragmatic. Posted from Da Nang, Da Nang,...