The main purpose of the trip to the Mekong was to go to the floating markets of Can Tho and see how people have adapted to living on/next to the river. As soon as the morning boat entered the market another boat attached itself to ours and began selling things to people, mainly fruit and vegetables. Also on offer was cooked food, prepare in a wok on the boat and drinks. The atmosphere was energetic as we floated through. We took our opportunity to get involved an...

Another early start for the tour to the Cu Chi tunnels this morning. Our tour guide this time was awesome. John was very knowledgeable, funny and we actually got to find out all the amazing facts on how this underdog nation of tiny people put the Americans on the back foot. A few impressive facts: - Viet Cong (communist party) dug tunnel systems all over the country and this particular system was over 250km long. - To hide the excavated dirt they put it in ri...

6.20 am alarm. Heads in bits but we made it to the city tour. We waited at the pick up point for a further hour. Our first experience of Vietnam time. The stops on the tour: - War Remnants Museum The tour guide was a nightmare. He barely spoke any english and just followed us around reading the captions from the photos and asking strange questions that were mostly incomprehensible. Matt told him twice that we thought it would make for a better trip if we ju...

Thankfully our bags arrived on the carousel in Saigon as the airline staff were a bit worried at one point and seemed to think there was a problem. Our last flight for a while now went smoothly for the budget Asian airlines we have being using. We all know what's been happening and a lot more go down than make the headlines. But you can defiantly tell a difference between them and our prebooked Emirates flights. The planes are smaller and bumpier, the dress is no...