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One country down, 6 more to go! We crossed into Vietnam by bus/foot in the blistering heat. Its times like these when are so grateful to be on a tour and not have to worry about where to go and who to pay. The air conditioned bus waiting for us on the other side is pretty nice too. As we all melt in the heat, locals upon locals walk past us with long sleeves, long pants,sock and sandals and often gloves.... It's quite a sight. They do this not because they are cold, but because they don't want to get darker from the sun. (I'm sure they say the same thing about our fire red faces and white skin). We always want what we cant have. The Vietnamese countryside is much greener than Cambodia.
We made a stop over in Chau Doc, a small town right on the river. Not much of a touristy area but we jumped on the back of a couple motor bikes and rode to the top of the mountain to watch the sunset in hammock paradise.
Once we finally made it to motorbike city ( Ho Chi Minh City) we freshened up and headed out for dinner and then went out for drinks to celebrate the New Year! Around 11:30 we head back to the hotel to watch e fire works from the roof top. Below us were around ten thousand people and there scooters gathered in the town square, it was a once in life time sight!
This morning we did a day trip to the Cu Chi tunnels. It was pretty interesting and well worth the trip. Now we are off to our next heavenly beach town, where we will sadly part ways with our group... From here on out its just us two ladies.... Wish us luck!
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Barb Great update girls...glad everything is going well. Tomorrow is two weeks down! " Mama is a countin " Love you both xx