Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

We arrived in Siagon after an 14 hour journey from Siem Reap and a one night in Phnom Penh (again).

We are currently staying round someones house or at least thats what it feels like, in one of the backstreets in a backpackers area of Ho Chi Minh centre. It costs $6 but they bring you breakfast in bed and let you stay out as late as you want! If youre wondering it used to be called Saigon up until some bloke called Ho Chi Minh died so they decided to rename the city.

De Tham street

Phan Ngu Lao district

We went to the War Crimes museum today to see some of the things used in the war, including pictures of something called Agent Orange used by the U.S which is still causing birth defects today. We also went to the re-unificaton palace which is in exactly the same state as it was when the president was kicked out in 1975.

War museum

Re-unification palace

The rest of our time in Saigon was spent at Saigon Water Park then we went on the Mekong Delta trip where on a long boat, we travelled up small rivers and streams through the mangrove forests to find villages and villagers going about daily life included a Coconut sweet'factory', a place where they made honey and rice wine and some local music to finish up. And also a very big python.

Mekong Delta

Coconut sweet factory