Close to The War Remnants Museum was The Reunification Palace. Entry was 30,000 ($1.50) but was one of the best places to see. The exterior is a deceptively bland institutional style building. The interior hides elaborate state rooms, living quarters, and war operations headquarters. The building is T-shaped with one bar facing the front and the rear bar stretching in the back from the centre. The ground floor houses three state rooms in each wing. There are conf...

We reached back in town at 1.30, an hour ahead of schedule, and there was an option to drop off at The War Remnants Museum rather than back to this mornings meeting point. This suited me as I can start at the first point on my city tour and work my way back. Entry was 15,000 VND (.75 cents) and had many war planes, helicopters, and tanks in the outside grounds. There was a detailed exhibit on the torture prisoners were made to suffer. Inside the three storey buil...

This morning I had booked my Chu Chu War tunnels tour for $5. There was the half day tour that I chose or the full day tour for $8 that included going to a large temple to see the worshippers. Originally I wanted to do the full day tour with the temple but because I had arrived a day late I only had time for the half day so that I could see the city when I got back in the afternoon. Also the hostel did not provide breakfast. Fortunately there were convenience sto...

This morning finally I was able to take my bus to Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam a day late. In the lobbby of the hostel I waited for the bus to arrive. The was another guest from Taiwan also travelling with me. A tuk tuk arrived and we were both loaded onto it with another western passenger. He drove a block around the corner to where the express buses load by the river. This time the bus was much nicer than the one from Siem Reap. It was a two story bus with seating ...

Saturday morning I was supposed to be taking my bus to HCMC Vietnam but because they were all sold out due to chinese new year I had an extra day in PP. This $8 hostel did in fact provide free breakfast which I didnt know yesterday so I had an omelette with baguette. Only booking with hostelbookers gets the free breakfast whereas other walk in customers have to pay. One british guy was making a fuss yelling 'your taking the ****' and he's going to write a bad rev...