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Thursday 1st October - Mekong Delta (My Tho & Can Tho)

Getting out of Ho Chi Minh in the morning took ages due to all the traffic but we soon found ourselves out on the highway. This 'highway' was not up to our standards in the western world - it was a two lane road with large potholes and still is plagued by the numerous slow motorbi...

We are off today to the Meakong Delta area. We were lucky in getting front row seats on the bus, a couple got on the wrong bus! The busses line up in front of the Sinh Cafe, not really a cafe, it is the name of the company that runs the tours and open busses up and down Vietnam. The street is very busy with lots of traffic and people. They put c...

We me may be able to download more entries tonite. We appear to have licked part of our computer problem and are in a hotel with a wire connection as opposed to WiFi which has been killing us. Enough about that already. We are in Can Tho in southern Vietnam, the largest city in the Mekong Delta area. We traveled by car (I did not drive) from Sai...

Fantastic breakfast - but so early! As we are away on our travels to the Mekong Delta by 0700 - ahhhhhhh!!!!! First stop the Chi Chi Tunnels which was one of the main reasons for coming to the south and it didn't disappoint. We have a fab car at last! So much space - luxury! Stopped on way to Chi Chi at rubber plantations. Chi Chi was amazing - ...

Hullo chums, Have moved on and am now in country number 5 on this trip - Vietnam! It's already made a great first impression on me, as I bought some funky new glasses (my old frameless ones having finally given up the ghost and snapped in half). They took 1 hour to make and cost $22, including my expensive uber-thin lenses (by comparison, my rec...

"Viet Nam! Ho Chi Minh!" These are the words to the chorus of the rousing National Anthem of Vietnam, and while it may seem simple, it reflects so much of modern Vietnamese culture. I visited what is now called Reunification Palace on 10 July in Saigon. It's a testament to the end of "The American War" in Viet Nam, as it is where the government ...

Must have been feeling delirious or something cos we booked a second tour for 3 days around the Mekong Delta. In hindsight 2 would've been plenty, but anyhow here's what we did: Day 1: Bussed south to Mytho where we hopped on a boat around the Dragon, Turtle, Unicorn & Phoenix Islands in the middle of the river. We arrived here the day after...

Day 16 , Today I signed up for with the local tour company and went to one of the favorite site in the area, namely, Cao Dai temple and Cu Chi Tunnel. The trip from Ho Chi Minh City to Tay Ninh (site of Cao Dai Temple) took about 3 hours drive. The road was quite bad, very bumpy. I was tired from the day before so I pretty much snoozed through t...