This morning I had my Mekong Delta Tour. There was a choice of two one day tours $8 vs $16. I chose the cheaper $8 one. The second one went to a floating village but I thought I might see the same thing when I did the Halong Bay tour in Hanoi (which I did end up seeing) so I was trying to save money. I stocked up on food again from the convenience store. Two sandwiches for 15,000 each (.75 cents) and a 1.5L water bottle for 8000 (.40 cents), snacks 1000-2500 (.5 ...

Next stop was the HCM City Museum a converted french colonial building. Entrance was 15,000 (.75 cents) but I only had a $1 bill not local money. I expected change back but she wouldnt give it, so I'd have to try to use local currency a much as possible as they give you bad exchanges on USD if you dont pay with local money. The museum was not that interesting but I found the architecture more noteworthy. Its a long two story building that opens into a central foy...

Close to The War Remnants Museum was The Reunification Palace. Entry was 30,000 ($1.50) but was one of the best places to see. The exterior is a deceptively bland institutional style building. The interior hides elaborate state rooms, living quarters, and war operations headquarters. The building is T-shaped with one bar facing the front and the rear bar stretching in the back from the centre. The ground floor houses three state rooms in each wing. There are conf...

We reached back in town at 1.30, an hour ahead of schedule, and there was an option to drop off at The War Remnants Museum rather than back to this mornings meeting point. This suited me as I can start at the first point on my city tour and work my way back. Entry was 15,000 VND (.75 cents) and had many war planes, helicopters, and tanks in the outside grounds. There was a detailed exhibit on the torture prisoners were made to suffer. Inside the three storey buil...

This morning I had booked my Chu Chu War tunnels tour for $5. There was the half day tour that I chose or the full day tour for $8 that included going to a large temple to see the worshippers. Originally I wanted to do the full day tour with the temple but because I had arrived a day late I only had time for the half day so that I could see the city when I got back in the afternoon. Also the hostel did not provide breakfast. Fortunately there were convenience sto...