So last night was a bad idea. Elias is less than cheerie in the morning as standard, but when he has had a few then night before, insufferable! It is like trying to push an elephant up the stairs, getting Elias to move at anything other than a crawl. We also have to check out this morning incase we decide to hitch hike today. Something I have overlooked, as I frantically stuff all my gear in to my bag, in a haphazard, disorganised flurry of panic. It fits in, les...

I want to go and see the Cu Chi tunnels before I leave HCM and so I have said to Elias if he is interested. He seems up for it, but with Elias you never know. Anyway we check out a few places today and end up booking a tour for tomorrow. Pick up at 8 and should be back around 3. As usual, all timings are taken with a pinch of salt. Elias is keen to start our hitch hiking tomorrow after the tunnels, now, while I'm not against the idea, I just think that we will be...

Right so, enough messing around, I need to get this bike sold. I have made no effort other than getting my bike repaired and cleaned. Not really a conscientious endeavour. So after a morning coffee and tea with Elias it is back to the hostel to create a poster to get my bike sold. To be fair Elias creates the whole poster and I just change the poor English and add a different photo. It is then off to get some copies of this bad boy. I would have thought that this...

Feeling tired from my hectic couple of days it time to soak up what HCM has to offer. Just some coffee in the street, with some free tea of course. I'm practicing my Vietnamese and I am pleased to say that my pronunciation is improving. Well it would need to be, I have been here for nearly 2 months. ----- It's interesting to me how my trip has not turned out how I planned. When I started I had rough time scales, but now? Phhft. Anything can happen. I hoke out m...

6am comes to quickly and when I come down for breakfast Tea make a comment that I look dead. Thanks Tea. It is a short walk to the port and we are on a boat again. It takes about 40mins for us to get to the floating market. It is not what I expected. I though it would be a narrow part of the river, with boats lined up either side where we could buy stuff from our boat. Instead this is more like a wholesale market. Large boats in the middle of a wide part of the r...