We arrived 8am and walked to the backpackers hostel to try and book. They told us to wait until 11am so we stayed there for breakfast. Later we looked at some hotels nearby and found a reasonable one for just $12 round the corner.

We checked in and also booked a tour around the perfume river and mausoleums as well as a bus to hoi an the next day through the hotel.

Our tour began at 11.30 so we got ready quickly, I dropped lots of laundry off and we headed out.

The boats looked quite nice but the tour guide spoke no English making it difficult to know where we were going.
First stop was the 7 tier pagoda. Very pretty.
Disembarking the boat was dodgy, it seemed to stop in fairly random places.
Next we saw the tu duc mausoleum. We paid entry and also had to take a ride on the back of motorbikes to get there, as it was 2km from the boat stop.
Then we saw the Ming mang mausoleum, this was huge. The perfume river was very picturesque.

We eventually got dropped off at the citadel, but by now it was too late to enter so we just walked around.
We explored the south side of the river, and ate at a restaurant run by a deaf couple. They were very friendly, but the food wasn't too good. However we did get a special bottle opener souvenir.
Next we went to the dmz bar, close to our hotel.
We had cocktails, and a vodka mixer bucket. Leaving us fairly drunk and ready for bed.
This was the hottest day yet.