We arrived in Saigon (Ho chi minh) very early yesterday morning after a long overnight bus journey. I stayed with the luggage and had a cup of tea whilst Portia braved the streets to look for a room for us both. After seeing several over priced holes (they wanted 17$ in some places!), we managed to find a nice room above the booking office after a long wait whilst they cleaned the room and some breakfast.

After a Cat nap, we headed out in search of the Markets. After a dissapointing tour and an ``is that it and are you sure`` we finally found the Russian Market and did some shopping. Portia took a detour for some pampering at a Beauty Salon and I headed for a hot chocolate - mmmm!

Once we`d showered and freshened up we headed out for food and the pubs. We met up with Fergal (portia met him earlier whilst searching for a room) who had lost his pasport and was waiting for the bus driver to drop it off at the office. We met up with him and his friends later and had a few cocktails and had a really good night.

I was exhaused and went to bed about 1 ish, but Portia kept going and came back at some early hour, whilst I was catching up on my beauty sleep.

Hopefully we will actually update the blog a bit more often, but to be honest, we`ve been far too busy!

Take care,

Anita