Mekong Delta (2 days/1 night) Having spent a few days accustoming ourselves in Saigon, Chloe and I decided to head off on our first real foray in to the traditional Vietnamese way of life.We booked a two day/one night trip venturing deep in to the heart of Vietnam's 'rice bowl' - the Mekong Delta.On our journey, we would meander through five of the Delta's 13 provinces by bus, boat, bike, and any other means necessary. This was booked through Sinh Café on De...

Water Puppets Having read a lot of good things about the traditional water puppet shows, we decided to splash out the $8 it cost and head down to Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theatre, Saigon's most popular display. We were greeted by a metre-deep pool of water, back dropped by a Vietnamese pagoda.Either side of the scene sat three musicians, surrounded by traditional instruments. As the curtain drew, the music kicked in - as did the wistful wail of Vietnamese s...

Unbelievable. We have made it to Vietnam. The past few weeks have gone mind-bogglingly fast and it really has felt like there has been not a second to spare. Over Easter, it was a sad farewell to 1409 and those farewells just kept on coming. We moved from our old apartment back in to Urban Central, a hostel that had been my second home during my time in Australia.Never the same, we put our heads down and focused on collecting those last few dollars and saying ...