I headed to Ben Thanh market with a lovely girl named Elin to buy some last minute items on my final day in Vietnam. I can't believe how quickly the past few weeks have gone and that I'm already one country down on my 4 month trip; I'm going to be so sad to leave Vietnam. I was super successful at the market and bought some souvenir items for good prices (after lots of bartering!). I got a fantastic Bahn Mi for lunch (Vietnamese sandwich) which was so great and...

After breakfast on the balcony Jeroen, Maatje, Travis and I went to do some sightseeing. We walked into the city where immediately it became clear that the influence of the French colonisation of the south of Vietnam is apparent in the architecture. We saw the Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and the famous post office (designed by Gustav Eiffel!). We spent a while in the post office as everyone was sending postcards etc before going for lunch at this g...

After waking up terribly hungover - the struggle was real - I chilled out all morning, sleeping here and there trying to recover and not die. Jeroen, Maatje, Rachel, Yanet and I went for a local lunch before heading over to the War Remnants Museum, a museum dedicated to telling the story of the Vietnam War. The museum, although a little biased towards the Vietnamese, was extremely interesting and also saddening with photos from the entire war period both shocki...

I got the bus from Da Lat to Ho Chi Minh City. Travis and Jeroen who had been travelling with Rachel and Maartje (two girls I did Halong Bay and Castaway with) for a while were on my bus making for a very pleasant journey of literally chatting the entire way! After 8 hours we arrived in Ho Chi Minh (previously known as Saigon) - it was so bloody hot! Rachel had booked a hostel for all of us called Vietnam Inn Saigon which was great, with 9 floors of dorms meaning...

I woke up early not quite sure if I was ready for what lay ahead. There was a group of 12 of us in the end in my group but there were maybe 5 other groups also doing canyoning at the same time. After being given harnesses, helmets and life jackets we were brown straight in having to almost slide down a hill into a canyon before stopping for our first demonstration. The Vietnamese guides were so funny and such great value - they made the day all that much more en...