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So you think you can shop...!!!
Well here we are - in Ho Chi Minh City. We finally made it and the heat has hit us a little but it's the massive shopping opportunities which have made the biggest impact!
All the team have become expert at bargaining and negotiating "best price" for a massive variety of items - t shirts, designer undies (yes, Jack with 10 pairs, Simmo …
My Awesomely Bodacious flight to Vietnam
... government opposed any objections but it could not remove the supplying of the Northern communist Vietcongs. The conflict between the North and South eventually accumulated up to war, having the U.S. being involved in their conflict. Then on November 1st, 1963, a military coup d’état was triggered, firing Ngo Dinh Diem and many other military governments. In the mid-1971, the U.S. ...
Day 10
... had a huge advantage over the larger Americans who had no hope of wriggling through the tiny tunnel openings. They had disguised air ventilation systems as termite mounds and made numerous traps for the American soldiers to fall into. Even though this all happened 30 something years ago, it really made me realise that the Vietnamese had an unfair disadvantage as they had little access to technology to defend their country ...
Back to the Future
... seen an Indian restaurant so we ate there; it was lovely to be honest, slightly different from home but very nice all the same. The bonus was that Thor and Marie had never really eaten Indian food, so it was nice to see their approach to eating using Naan breads etc (which to be fair, was to get stuck in). Following this we parted ways and went back to the hostel as it was an early start tomorrow to go to the ‘Cu Chi’ ...
War (what is it good for?)
... three weeks after the date that's actually on the blog. This is because I want to keep the date accurate to when it was I actually left each place I've been. It's really for my own records when I look back in years to come. And thirdly I will be getting up on my soap box a little bit later in the entry so just be prepared. Now that that's done with let's talk about Ho Chi Minh City (also known as Saigon). Many people that we've met have said they didn't really like ...