Wayne Sleep, Rosemary Shrager, Syd Little and Stephanie Beacham embark on a journey to the heart of the Far East, Vietnam, beginning in the capital city of Hanoi. Here, Rosemary and Stephanie explore their local neighbourhood, while Syd and Wayne decide to cool off with an afternoon dip. The following day the group join hundreds of local pensioners exercising around the Hoàn Kiem Lake. For the second half of their stay, the group swap the heat of the city for a cooler climate in the mountainous region of Lao Cai, before ending their time in Vietnam by scaling the summit of its highest mountain.