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7th = Joined new group in Hoi Chi Min City formaly Saigon. Visited the war remanatbsr museam which was very one side i.e. anti A,erican. I also took 2Million out the bank, unfortuantly rgars inly 40 UK pounds.
8th = Took a trip to the Mekong Delta River, where i visited the islands where they grow coconuts and turn them into candy. I took a local motorbike around the island and stopped at a local retaurant doe some food.
9th = I visted the Cu Chi tunnels. This was totally amazing, during the war the Vietnamise built underground tunnels so they could attack the Americans. The tunnels had very small hidden entrances and were built exceptionally small so the Americans could not fit through them. We then caught the over night train to Nha Trang
10th = Lazy day on the beach, snorkelling swimming etc.
11th = Anither relaxing day we went to the mud baths were i barged in mud then washed it of with natural hot water. This was a bit gay but was ok..
Over night train to Hoi An
12th = Hoi An is famouse for tailors. I got 2 pairs of shorts tailor made.
13th = Cycled into the countryside and saw how the locals live. Them i took a boat trip along the Thu Bom river where i looked around the local village which is on an island, we then stopped on anothe risland where we had a BBQ.
14th = Again i cycled this time to the beach then all the way back again to the old toen where i explored and found the famous Japanese bridge.
15th = was mostly driving alond one of the most beautiful roads in the world apparently. It was raining so i didnt see much..
16th = Now in Hue we took a motorbike tour for the day. We visited Hue Saw Therm Mu Pergoda which is famous as one of the mnks burnt himself to death in protest.
17th = I looked around the Sitadel walled city.
Overnight train to Hanoi
18th = i looked around the old quarters and went to see the water puppet show.
19th = We went to Halong Bay, This was one of the highlights of the trip so far. 1000s of islands sotted in the sea. we stayed on one of them Cat Ba Island.
20th = We kayaked to Monkey ilsnad where we saw some monkeys.
21st = relax day
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