Up bright and early this morning as we boarded our tour bus and headed out into the countryside to the Cu Chi Tunnels, which are a series of tunnels used by the Vietnames during the war to live,sleep and fight in and also to trap American soldiers. With Joey, our tour guide, filling us in with a little background about Vietnamese culture it was nice to see a different side of Vietnam other than the hustle and bustle of the city. The first stop, which we had no ...

This morning we decided to check out the major sites which included the Reunification Palace, which has remained unchanged since the American tanks stormed the gates and thus ending the war between North and South Vietnam. We took a guided tour around the palace which was both insightful and interesting and even included a visit to the 'entertainment centre' which had a cinema and dance hall which offered amazing panoramic views of the whole city. After a hot and...

After misreading our flight details, we arrived at Samui airport after a very flustered and panicked couple of hours!It was then back to Bangkok airport, where we had a couple of hours to kill before boarding our onward flight onto Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon as it was formerly known. On arrival we were quite shock by the language barrier, which made it very difficult to communicate with the many taxi drivers waiting outside the station. Not helped by the fact ...