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...