Hi all So we packed our bags for the final time in Vietnam (sniff) and boarded our bus for our 3 day tour of the Mekong Delta. Now I know this is quite bad, well really bad in fact, but I’m not 100% sure where it is we went. So everything from now on is based on looking at the map and trying to dredge up in my memory some familiarity with the place names on it. So this is probably going to be completely wrong. Although I’ve just realized tha...

Hi allSo, the remainder of our time in HCMC was spent drinking and visiting the Cu Chi Tunnels. We had intended to visit a lot more but we never got round to it. So out went the Reunification Palace, the Fine Art Museum and the Museum Of Ho Chi Minh City in favour of bimbling around, getting drunk and relaxing. Beautiful.I guess I'd better start with the cultural bit which involved a visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels and on the way a visit to a Cao Dai temple. ...

Hi all  So, after an easy night’s rest although not strictly sleep on our gorgeous bus (complete with some sort of cake and a bottle of water for our supper – oohh first class all the way baby) we found ourselves standing by the roadside in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) or as some still call it Saigon. In fact, the locals are just as bad as everyone else regarding what to call it. Some look at you like you’ve just shat on their granny if you...

Hi allFirst of all, I'd like to apologise for the lack of paragraphs in the postcards all of a sudden. Offexploring have updated their site and made some 'improvements' one of which is a different program running their post cards section. Which has removed all paragraphs from every postcard preceeding this one. It also double spaces all paragraphs and is slower than Tone getting to the bar. Sorry peeps, but there's nothing I can do. On the pl...

Hi all The next day (as were quite a few days over the next couple of weeks) was spent on my part trying to catch up on the website, while Mand and Lau went off to meet Andy and Kimbers. I met up with them at a Mexican restaurant in the evening and I don't think I've ever been as happy to see another man in all my life. At last, a bloke I can chat to without having to worry about the language barrier. Football. Women. Life in general. The choices are endl...