Avoid most hotels listed in LP or other guidebooks. Service and maintenance have gone out the window as westerners flock straight to them. Nha Trang is bursting with US$20-30 rooms and most places dont completely fill up except for Tet and heat waves.

Hoi An is a beautiful city in Vietnam, just south of Da Nang. The Old Town of Hoi An is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

If you want to hike out of Da Lat don't worry about organizing a guide before you go. There are plenty of great locals willing to show you their area and definitely don't miss out on sleeping in the locals houses!

If you fly here, take a $10USD taxi ride to Hoi An.

Resorts are going up everywhere; the only real reason to visit Da Nang apart from it's close proximity to key war sites for Americans... Hoi An is fab and a close drive...

Stay at the Ana Mandara Resort - it's top notch.

Great place to relax and unwind after travelling the rest of the country. Its quieter than some other places, but I thought much better. Beautiful resorts that are cheap cheap cheap! Must try the kite surfing! As with the rest of the country, the locals are warm and friendly.

Nha Trang is a great city. Find Han Cafe and go on there one day four island tour. If you like great beaches lots of beer, and Karoake on a boat. The trip is about $7 and is a blast.

very nice (french looking) place with a great choice of vegetables respectively vegetable patchs. the trip by bus to Da Lat is a little bit stressful because of winding and bumpy street and a lot of stops for taking with (working) people.

this city moves at a slower pace. if you like deserted beaches check out china beach... it is a long stretch of beach with golden sand with virtually no one around. apparently the americans were stationed around this area during the vietnam war.