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 so many backpackers. The best part however was the rooftop bar on floor 9 with a view over the whole city.

After the girls arrived we a went for an explore and had dinner at a little local place where I got Pho Bo. We went back for drinks at the rooftop bar which was absolutely packed. The hostel runs a bar crawl every Monday so we got our free t-shirts and were ready to go!

I can't really recall much of what went on but I know I had a great night. We got given free shots in every bar and had some buckets and all sorts. We went to 4 bars in 4 hours and I can say for certain I was druuuuuuuunk. Unfortunately when we were walking home, after stopping for Travis to have a 3.30 am street Pho, a Vietnamese guy on a motorbike drove up onto the pavement and snatched my bag off my shoulder! Luckily I was too drunk to care and I had taken everything important out earlier in the evening... to fit a bottle of vodka in there (don't judge me) so all I really lost was a bit of money, my key and the bag which I had bought in India. Guess it gives me an excuse to go back and get another one!