Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

From the tiny Island of Ben Tre, Cindy and i then started to head North after many a trips along the Mekong and visiting the more rural parts of Vietnam, up to the vibrant city of Ho Chi Minh... a fantastic city! We stayed right in the middle of 'backpacker central' and behaved just like all the others arriving in Ho Chi Minh. Partying the night away in the local bars and suddenly finding yourself sat outside a bar as the sun started to come up and the city around us was waking up and getting ready for the day ahead...!

We went from one extreme to another during our stay here. One minute we would be up partying and singing and dancing, and the next we were walking around the War Remnants Museum seeing some of the most horrific sights i have seen (as i am sure you can imagine). Certainly moments where i just had to walk on by as it became too much.

We also clambered through the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, which in their day stretched out for more than 200km... (not one for the claustrophobic!!!). Pretty amazing to see how the Vietnamese planned it all out... a clever old bunch!