Hello, I've made it to Saigon! The photo is once again not indicative of the place... They didn't have anything better on offer and I always have to choose a photograph for each entry. However... it is with pride that I declare that the first 4-5 pics are now available to see in the 'photo album' section. I'll be adding more when technology permits... It took 26 hours on a bus to cover the 900km from Hoi An to Saigon... a distance similar to the one from Hanoi to Hoi An, which only took 14 hours to cover. Anyways, I'm here! And I really like it as well, Saigon's great fun. Much more organised than Hanoi's old quarter and sometimes - the traffic even stops when it's red!! Amazing! I spent the last night in a quirky little hotel, very family-run, to the extent that the reception was their living room. It was okay and I hate to be a snob but somehow I wanted to spend the next three nights in a place where the lights would have a more than 10% chance of coming on when I press the switch. So I moved to a very nice and slightly over-budget place, sigh, but it's lovely. I had some pho as well again, traditional Vietnamese noodle soup and it was fantastic!! Last time I'd had it it was a bit bland, admittedly, but this time they served it (as it's supposed to be done) with lots of choices of chillies and lime and god knows one could add, so it was divine!! Went to the same place where Bill Clinton had some when he was here... lucky guy really. I'll be back for more as well, mmm, yummy. Then I went to a place called the Museum of War Remnants, formerly the Museum of American War Atrocities - until they figured they didn't want to repel American tourists and their cash. Great place. I dare anyone to go through there and then be able to justify any war against anyone, ever. Lots of guns and tanks and planes etc. but much more importantly, loads of photographs of killed and injured civilians. The most shocking one, for me, was one of an American soldier holding the remains of someone - literally just the head, which was still intact, a bit of his shoulder, and his t-shirt - and having a good smile at it. It's amazing what the military can turn people into. What I found most depressing was that the same photographs exist for the war against Iraq but we've not really seen them... the war on Western TV has seemed like a more or less casualty-free affair. And this museum makes it clear once and for all that in all wars there will always be loads of civilian casualties, and worse, that nobody gives a damn that there are. Tomorrow I'll be going to the Cu Chi tunnels which were dug by the north Vietnamese in the South, should be very interesting. And on Sunday I'll be taking a tour of the Mekong Delta, yeah. Monday morning I'll be off to Cambodia. Hope you're all well and lots of love, Jn x