DAY SEVENTEEN The one day TNK Travel tour was today's activity, casually meandering around the famous Mekong Delta in a mixture of boat craft, ranging from a large junk down to a rowboat for the smaller arterial rivers. Still disappoints me that even though thousands of tourists visit these places of interest daily, the levels of littering is incredible. We had lunch ( if that's what you call it) at Turtle Island, and quite apt for what happened to my stomach a...

DAY SIXTEEN Today was walking day...all in all we covered 21.3 miles on foot according to my keep fit app on my generic mobile handset. There was purpose involved, to see the sights of Saigon...but perhaps the map was slightly misleading! We turned up for breakfast at 0910 hours, as it ended at 0930. Apparently we should've been earlier, as there was nothing left except a pancake each. I grumbled a bit to be honest, as we couldn't even utilise the backup plan o...

DAY FIFTEEN First up today...the war remnants museum. It is designed around the conflicts primarily between the Vietnamese and the French, and then the U.S. It seems that only the U.S are blamed for anything that happened during their conflict, and the rest of the participating allied forces are not mentioned, apart from the odd picture. The museum has the standard for Vietnam ' trophies' positioned in the courtyard, such as the phantom fighter plane, chinook a...

DAY FOURTEEN Well, what do say.....this could be probably the least arduous to read of my blogs as we basically did sweet b***** all today, but I'll provides basic history lesson for those who can be bothered listen to my drivel. A brief period on the beach was followed by an extended wait in Nha Trang airport for our flight to Ho Chi Minh City. I don't like things to be straightforward, that wouldn't provide a challenge! Finally, after 6 hours we boarded the ...

DAY THIRTEEN Today was supposed to be spent snorkelling the reefs around the various islands situated off the Nha Trang coastline, but again due to the difficulties that I may have trying to swim with an arm raised out of the water, we opted for a day trip visiting Monkey Island and Tranh Beach, which we spent a little more to be sure of a worthwhile tour. Early pickup from the hotel for a forty minute, edge of your seat, white knuckle ride from a bus driver who...