Vietnam...
The tenth most populated country in the world - a dollar-mad people – a war-fixated nation - a country of deafening noise and a hundred million motorbikes.
We loved Vietnam for its spectacular caves and karst formations and for its endless coastline; we hated it for the trucks and the hooters and the mad traffic of Highway One. We loved it for the cool highlands of Dalat and the beautiful women in silk au dai, but dreaded the freezing Himalayan winds that buffeted us head-on every day.