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Ho Chi Minh – Bush Blows

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

The rest of Ho Chi Minh was spent in a leisurely fashion, eating delicious local food, relaxing, and then spending a particularly good night out dancing in a nearby bar and club (in spite of a curfew on their opening hours when George Bush came to town – does he have to ruin everything?!). This ended with a waterfight in our room when Ruth turned the shower hose on me whilst in bed. After a very wet nights sleep we decided to leave on a overnight bus to Nahtrang.

Ho Chi Minh – War Remnants Museum

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

Was it the cheap Vietnamese vodka we drank on the street, the expensive B52’s cocktails in Apocalypse Now, or the rum and coke in the bar/whorehouse we briefly frequented? Most likely it was all three combined with one hours sleep. There was little chance i would crawl out of bed and make it on the trip to the Chu Chi Tunnels we booked the day before. Though everyone else managed to go, i decided to stay in bed.

Gallons of water, and a salty breakfast later i decided to take a look (with bloodshot eyes) around the War Remanants Museum.

The aim of the institution according to the leaflet is to “systematically study, preserve and display exhibits on war crimes and aftermaths of foreign aggressive forces caused for Vietnamese people.”

A balanced exhibition of the atrocities committed by all sides in the Indochinese Wars this was not going to be.

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Ho Chi Minh – Reunification Palace

Sunday, March 11th, 2007
Every asian country has a variation on the rickshaw theme. In Vietnam it's the cyclo. Imagine sitting in a slightly upturned wheelbarrow with a bike attached to the back and an old skinny man powering the contraption with legs of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Ho Chi Minh – Pearl of the Orient

Sunday, March 11th, 2007
Ho Chi Minh is Vietnam's biggest city. Another bustling asian metropolis, it's streets team with activity at all hours; buying, selling, eating, washing, gambling and occassionally sleeping. Saigon (which it is still affectionately called by its inhabitants) was once described as ... [Continue reading this entry]

Drive to Ho Chi Minh

Sunday, March 11th, 2007
Another country meant another border crossing. The differences in architecture between the two border points were striking. The Cambodian side represented classic Southeast-Asian styles, with peaked roofs and long, dragon-neck appendages. A few hundred metres away, across no mans land, ... [Continue reading this entry]