Third day HCMC We got up super early as we were due to dept with our tour and 8.15am to the Cu Chi Tunnels. We were collected by a mini bus full of people and brought to the harbour where our guide Mr.Bean told us his life story and the story of Vietnam. Did you know there was an embargo on Vietnamese food import and export til 1980, and that Pres. Clinton lifted it and the day this happend 2 hours later pepsi was everywhere in Vietnam. Amazing. Mr.Bean would yo...

second day HCMC We got up to a huge breakfast buffet so we filled ourselves and headed to the Chinatown area to see the 3 Pogodas there. The first and second were great very colourful and there we loads of worshippers there so very atmospheric. We took loads of pictures good stuff. Then we headed to the tourist shopping area and found ourselves in a mall with hundreds of DVDS. Very cheap too, so we bought loads I spent 24 euro and got over 60 films how cool oh a...

First day Ho Chi Minh City So we had a few hours to kill before we could check in. Lucky this city never closes and all the tourist things open at 7am. So we headed to the Reunification Palace and got a guided tour which was interesting. Then we had breakfast vietnamese style pho in soup (noddle soup) was good. Then we headed to the War Rememorants Museum which was an eye opener. I mean the American war was harsh, the yanks killed innocent women and children mas...

Last Day in Paradice Today was overcast which is great cos im going on a snorkeling expedition. I am going to a bay about 30 mins boat rid away to see some really dense and beautiful reefs. Poor George hasnt got the hang of it and it freaks him out so he is staying behind. Im so excited, there was a french couple and an english man with me on the trip. I was the first one in the water, try and stop me. I first went to one side on the bay and out into the sea a b...

Full day in paradice. Good ole Susan is 22 today so Happy Birthday Chick! Woke up this morning after a strange night of sleeping. Since we are living in a hut we can hear verything outside. So early in the morning at about 4am this boat comes into our dock, it sounds like a tractor so it wopke me up but after that i had a dream that pirates were raiding the Island. The idea must have come from the book im reading where a flesh eatting bacteria has swept the oce...