Hoang Lien Hotel Ho Chi Minh City

... hand- eye co-ordination and he loved being able to put rings together. My smiling face and clapping hands made his whole face light up and he laughed at me. He was a very determined boy trying to overcome his twisted arms and did everything I asked him to, even though he couldn't understand anything I was saying, but just my actions. It was very emotional but hugely enjoyable and as we left I said to Tom in all serious ''íf we had a home, I'd be taking him back with me''. <br><br>

... etc There are also coffee shops on every corner serving vietnamese coffee with sweet condensed milk.<br>One of the must see things in Saigon is the War Museum. We spent only a few hours there and still didn't finish looking around. The pictures are horrific and leave you feeling sad about how people can become so inhuman during war. Whilst looking at the photos a group of Vietnamese students approached Marcin asking about his feelings about the exhibition. One thing ...

... side to the American War. As would be<br>expected there was a lot of propaganda in there, and a lot about how<br>the use of chemical weapons had affected the Vietnam way of life. It<br>was certainly interesting to see it from a different view point, and<br>can see why there was a lot of animosity towards the American<br>Government during that war. From there I headed to the Reunification<br>Palace, which has been left in the same condition as it was found when<br>it was stormed in ...

... assuring us that we are on the safest mode of transport, considering they have been canceling flights into Hue and Danang in the last 12 hours.<br><br>Anyway&#8230; just hoping there isn&#8217;t too much of an impact on the towns (and people!) up the coast. Shauna has just found a page which says it&#8217;s on orange alert&#8230; not sure how that compares with ...

... 8221; whereupon we stuffed ourselves to the gills with salad, bread, and pasta. It was the best meal ever.<br><br>Later on we decided it was my turn for a massage, so I headed around the corner from the hotel to a place called Anam QT Spa and got hooked up for a Thai massage ($30) and a pedicure ($11). Left feeling refreshed and couldn't stop admiring my patriotic red, white, and blue painted toenails.<br><br>Feeling completely relaxed, it was time for bed. Next stop...the Mekong Delta.<br>

... n Trà C&#7893;. N&#7871;u &#273;i b&#7857;ng &#273;&#432;&#7901;ng b&#7897; t&#7915; Hà N&#7897;i, theo &#273;&#432;&#7901;ng 18, Hà N&#7897;i - Hòn Gai &#273;&#7871;n Tiên Yên r&#7891;i r&#7869; &#273;&#432;&#7901;ng s&#7889; 4 &#273;i th&#7883; x ...

... random local started talking to me on the street. He asked me where I was going and I told him I was going to check out a bar that had live music. I invited him to join me so he grabbed his moto and drove us there. <br><br>When we got there, this awesome Vietnamese band was playing some Guns &amp; Roses. We found a seat then the random local said &#8220;You like beer? I like beer&#8221; I said yes and we both ordered a local beer. The drinks were very expensive here ...

... to distance as it's not really that far from the city. After eventually arriving, you're led through forest (with gunfire sounds and other war audio played over the speakers which is strange and a bit eerie) and get to see all the different places where the Vietcong worked during the night when they hid from the Americans who were on the ground. We also got the opportunity to go into and through a section of the tunnel. It was ...

... cities in Asia the tuk-tuk and moto driv**s all sell you any kind of drug you could wish, or nev** wish, for. "Hey broth**. Marijuana, coke, you like coke? Ice, crack." Its amazing. well not the drugs I mean the spectacle is amazing. The main deal**s in Saigon are these African immigrants that stand around in huddles of three or four on the corn**s, or by Int**net cafes, or outside restaurants, ALWAYS on their phones. I mean like they're glued to their ears. They are really ...

... to eat our lunch. We looked at the food on offer, bearing in mind that the lady spoke no english and we spoke no vietnamese i dont think we did to bad :)  We had rice, veg and meat 36,000 for 2 meals which is about 1.40p!<br>As we were eating we realised that lots of people were watching us, I feel like the main event, we reckon that this area probably doesnt get that many tourists, felt a bit like in a zoo, I got my camera out and started taking pictures of some of the kids, they ran ...