We finally arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, collected our bags and passed through customs/immigration then found our driver to take us to the hotel, the Duxton Hotel.The drive from the airport was a real eye-opener with cars, buses and mainly motorbikes weaving all over the place, it was chaos and kept us entertained as we drove to the hotel. After arriving at the hotel we checked in, dropped our bags and went down to concierge to get some directions to a supermarket...

After a mostly sleepless night flight back from Singapore we arrived home safely!

We again had a sleep in and then had breakfast at the hotel. We had been informed the day before that the usual breakfast rooms would be unavailable and that for today we had to go to a restaurant on the 70th floor for breakfast.After eating we took some pictures of Marina Bay, Boat Quay, Clarke Quay and Fort Canning Park from the restaurant and then went back to our room to get our day packs, then caught the MRT down to Raffles Place station.We walked around the...

Woke up early and had breakfast at the hotel before going down to the lobby and waiting for our pick up for our Round Island Tour.Pick up arrived a little early and we went through the same "pay at the depot" routine before boarding our bus and heading off to Haw Par Villa (aka Tiger Balm Gardens) just west of Singapore city.Went for a walk through the "10 Courts of Hell" depicting all the horrible things that will happen to you after death for a variety of sins ...

Slept in again, had breakfast at the hotel and then caught the MRT out to Little India.Walked down to Serangoon Road which was still decorated for Deepavali and on to Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple. The temple was quite busy and again there was music and ceremonies taking place which were interesting.We continued walking up Serangoon Road to Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple which was a little quieter than the previous temple. No music or ceremonies here but a few people...