So glad we took Tam's advice and agreed to a 7.30 am pick up this morning...meant less heat and that we were able to well and truly beat the crowds on our 61km drive to the Cu Chi tunnels. The journey was about an hour out of the city, becoming more rural with the realisation that without a driver it would be extremely difficult to find as virtually no signposts or advertising along the narrow country roads. The underground tunnels, dug by hand by the Vietnamese ...

Early wake up and scrumptious elaborate buffet breakfast before being picked up by our Buffalo Tours guide, Tam, and driver for our private tour. She is absolutely delightful with fluent English and proved to be a wealth of knowledge helping us to improve our perception and appreciation of this amazing country and its beautiful people. Our drive was approximately two hours to Cai Be, the village from where we departed on our Mekong River adventure. Although this ...

Sleep in and leisurely morning before our departure from Phan Thiet. I had a gym workout before we hit the pool - working up an appetite for breakfast ( general consensus so far - the Vietnamese have mastered a mean omelette but forget the poached eggs and bacon!) Another swim and relax before we tackled the packaging - much more space without all the gifts we were carrying! Checked out of our beautiful resort by midday. Staff have been brilliant - so attentiv...