Weather forecast: Partly sunny and hot. Temperature from 23c (7sf) to 33c (91f).

Today we leave Phong Nha Farmstay and travel by road to Hoi An, a journey of 210 miles!!

If you wish to experience the real Vietnam in an idyllic countryside setting then you must include Phong Nha Farmstay in your itinerary. We can highly recommend it.

On our way to Hoi An we are going to visit the Vin Moch tunnels which were built by villagers to escape carpet bombing by the Americans. They lived in them for four years, children were born there, children went to school, they ate there and they were cared for in the tunnels when they were sick: Hien Luong Bridge situated on the 17th Parallel where the Geneva Accords of 1954 partitioned the country: Ben Hai River Museum which contains images and items left over from the Vietnam War: and La Vang and Long Hung Churches in the demilitarised zone where fierce battles were fought between the Americans and Viet Cong which lastedfor 81 days.

We arrived Hoi An after a nine and half hour car journey. We are staying at an Airbnb Villa which is virtually on the beach.

The highlight of our journey was visiting the Vin Moch Tunnels, which were absolutely amazing. They are on five levels. Unfortunately we only had time to explore level three, but we were in awe of how they built such structures and the fact that the whole village from the youngest to the oldest lived down there for four years. I had thought the tunnel system was just for one village it actually covered a much wider area and connected a number of villages.