On my last day in saigon 2 days ago, we went to the tunnels system that the rebels built during the war. they let you actually crawl through the tunnels which were i could barely fit through and had to crouch right down...they said they had even widened them for tourists so god knows how small they were before. Then next day we caught a bus tour to the mekong delta for 3 days and 2 nights. the first day we visited a fruit farm, a coconut candy factory (coconut c...

Arrived in saigon yesterday and didnt really do too much spent a few hours looking for a hotel then had just went out for some food and a few drinks. Ended up in this restaurant where you can try 'birds nest' which is prety much what it is, just with some seafood thrown in it...wasnt that good! Today we went to the vietnam blind association centre where we had massages from the blind students there for something like a pound, it wasnt the best massage in the wor...

Hey just spent the last 2 days in a beach town called mui ne, today we went out in a 4x4 jeep checking out the area, found some sand dunes and sand boarded on them for a while and crashed a lot, my back is still hurting now! Found mui ne's version of the grand canyon - the red canyon, it wasn't much of a canyon just a big ditch in the ground really. Not much else to do here apart from chill out on the beach and do some wind surfing so gonna book a bus to saigon t...

Hey just spent the last couple of days in da lat. Spent the first day on a motorbike tour around da lat, we visited a flower farm, a rice wine factory where we drank 70% rice wine which blew my head right off! Also visited the elephant waterfalls and giant smiling buddha which was massive. Spent last night in the market and checking out some of the bars, went to one bar which was on the top floor of a hotel where you could see the entire city and their version o...

Been a while since my last blog so lots to say some good some bad! Went to ha long bay on a cruise for 3 days, saw some caves, went kayaking, jumping off the boat into the sea then spent the first night on the boat. Secong day went to cat ba national park and trekked up a mountain then we went to monkey island where we got to meet the monkeys that live there who are prety agressive! Spent the evening in the sea drinking from a floating bar then spent the night o...