I actually had a plane ticket booked to spend a month in Nha Trang about this time last year, but completely bailed 6 hours before my flight and flew to Hong Kong instead.

We’re thinking of heading to Hoi An tomorrow or the day after depending on what transport we can get (really want a train!).

If we’re still around when you come up would you fancy meeting up? Would love to meet someone who’s been doing this as long as you have!

I lucked out in Nha Trang. I booked a place online which turned out to be far away from the tourist ghetto. As for rats, I live in Saigon at the moment so rats are an every day thing here 🙂

I went to Hoi An in 2005 and I will be going back again this month. I enjoyed my last visit there and I look forward to seeing what it is like now.

Hoi An is definitely an amazing place! I found Nha Trang incredibly disgusting to be honest 🙂 I’ve seen around 15 rats in the day-and-a-half I was there, and I’m not even going to get started on the old Russians with prostitutes. That said, great picture!

I found Hoi An one of the most relaxed, nicest places I’ve visited in Vietnam. Nice restaurants, not to busy. The Ang Bahn beach is nice, and there are some beachside restaurants with wifi, which makes for a great spot to work!

No, we got our beach fix in Cambodia thanks 🙂

Have heard good things about Hoi An, will check it out, thank you.

If you are pressed for time I would go to Hoi An and Hue instead. If you are really itching for a beach I’m told the beaches are decent near Danang, which is near Hoi An.