Week 2: Nha Trang - Saigon

Nha Tang greeted us with a warm smile and blue sky :) We are down south enough now to say goodbye to the rain and its now HOT...

We ran into a shady looking couple at our hotel which happened to be Benny and Katrina Rope (the rendevous was actually pre-arranged) and spent the next 2 days together. We took a boat to an island/fishing village off the coast of Nha Trang Bay where we swam, snorkelled and lazed on a rocky beach, very hard to take! After a hectic day we all thought that a cheap $8 massage would be just the trick to top it off. It was definately an eyeopening experience with the 4 of us jammed into a sauna together, then lined up like sardines in one big room with 4 tiny (but cheeky) Vietnamese girls using their hands, elbows and knees in "traditional fashion". A relaxing massage became rather unnerving with the offer to the boys of a happy ending or "boom boom" as they liked to call it. The offer was bluntly declined and we were out of there!

We arrived in Saigon on Friday via overnight train and went straight to the Cu Chi Tunnels where we went down into the tunnels made by the viet cong during the war, it was fascinating! We took a walking tour of the war remnants museum which was very disturbing and gave a gaphic depiction of life during and after the war.

Today we arranged a last minute day trip to the Mekong Delta which was unfortunately dissapointing. It was a public tour with lots of travel time and a shifty tour guide. We were left with the feeling that it had more to offer than what we were shown.

We met our new tour guide tonight who will take us through Cambodia to Bangkok. Looking forward to a 6 hour bus trip across the border to Phenom Penh tomorrow with an early start.