After breakfast at the hotel we walked to the War Remnants Museum. There were various displays on the Vietnam War including graphic pictures of victims of mines and deformed people attributed to agent orange use in the war. Outside there were planes, helicopters, tanks and various other weaponry. As with most places in Vietnam, the commentary was high on propaganda.We walked on to a nearby shopping centre for lunch in the food court before walking back to the Reu...

We slept in a little and then, after breakfast, took a taxi out to the Jade Emperor Pagoda after having some trouble getting the taxi driver and concierge from the hotel to understand where we were wanting to go. On arrival at the pagoda we were unsure how much to pay as the meter said ony 650 Dong. We knew some zeroes needed to be added but not sure how many. After some charades and attempts to cross the language divide we finally understood that the cost was 65...

After picking up the other two people on our group we made our way to Cu Chi. As with all tours we we first made an unannounced stop at a lacquerware factory staffed by disabled people.We had a brief tour of the factory and were shown how the lacquerware is made which was quite informative before being herded into the shop to be stalked by sales staff trying to get you to buy their wares. We managed to get out of the shop fairly quickly so we could continue our d...

We arrived back in Ho Chi Minh City about 6.30pm after our trip to Cu Chi and went out for dinner. We were too tired to look for much so ate at a nearby KFC which just happened to have two kids' birthday parties going on upstairs. Noisest KFC ever, even the guy who served us was cringing at the noise.After dinner we went back to the hotel for a shower and sleep.

We woke up early and had a quick breakfast before being picked for our day trip to the Mekong Delta at 7.15am.The first part of the day was a two hour drive from Ho Chi Minh City to Vinh Long passing through endless rice paddies and small villages along the way. When we arrived in Vinh Long we boarded a small boat and cruised up the river to the Cai Be floating market.The market was very quiet but there were still a number of boats selling various fruits and vege...