This morning started off with a walk back to the Hanoi Mosque to take pics in daylight. It was at the north end of the old quarter and fitted my waking route to the imperial quarter. The old quarter is actually a much nicer version of historic beijing nestled with street architecture, vendors, and crammed traffic streets. Sadly this has all been demolished in Beijing and replaced with multilane highways and highrise tower blocks. When I got to the mosque it was l...

This morning supposedly was my 11.50am flight to Hanoi but the airline had emailed me saying it was changed to 4.30pm. Just to be on the safe side I was going to go in time for the original flight incase it was a fake email although it seemed legit as it wasnt asking for any personal info. I stocked up on my 15,000 vnd sandwiches again (.75 cents) and other foods for a total of 38,000 ($1.80). I was confused about which airport to goto as maps showed about four s...

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...