Chuc Mung Nam Moi 2015! Happy New Year 2015! Today we did a day tour of the Mekong Delta. Leaving at 7.30, we had a two hour coach journey with a stop half way for the 'Happy Room'. The first place we visited was Ben Tre to experience a live Vietnamese band with instruments we have never seen before. We saw a love story sung out and our tour guide joined in with his guitar adding some comedy. They also added in Auld Lang Syne! Whilst there, we had a plat...

Hello from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where we are enjoying being millionaires! ($50 is 1 million Vietnamese Dong). We arrived safely yesterday after a long arse bus journey. Getting off to a bad start, we got ripped off by a taxi but only lost $10 and have had our whits about us since. Ho Chi Minh City is crazily busy! The roads, and even the pathways, are filled with motorbikes. You can tell it is much wealthier than Cambodia; the streets are clean and ther...