Day 11 - its still raining

Well, this morning's agenda includes more walking around the old town, hopefully the typhoon will die down enough to let us see some of the really interesting buildings, not worth taking photos of theLes mer
Day 11 - market area

Day 11. Lunch before travelling to Hue

After the old town we stopped at a brilliant restaurant for lunch before heading on to Hue
The food was absolutely stunning
Day 11 arrived in Hue

A final few from the market before we went over the dragon bridge and on to Hue
Day 12 tour of Hue

Well last night ran into this morning, and today we have a rickshaw tour of Hue, assuming we all get up in time 🤣
Well it was better than walking, saw a few ancient building, but I wasn't reallyLes mer
Day 13 saigon here we come

Today we fly to Saigon, it's only about a 90 minute flight, so let's hope we will be out of the range of this weather front. The BBC world service weather forecast has just said that 700mm of rain hasLes mer
Day 13 saigon vespa ride

OH MY GOD !
I certainly wasn't expecting this, 16 vespa motorscooters arrive at the hotel to take us on a night time trip through some of Saigon's districts. It lasted from 18:30 until 23:00 and weLes mer
Day 14 change of plans

Due to some ministerial visit in the city most of the sites we were due to visit today have been closed to public visits, so our tour guide has switched our trip to the Mekong Delta to today, so we'veLes mer
Day 14 mekong delta

Well we arrived on the Mekong Delta and started with a sanpan ride along the river passing by the mangrove and palm
trees along the river bank to a brick factory, after that the sanpan continued to aLes mer
Day 14 - Ben tre

Day 15 more Ben Tre

More exploring the delta today, can't believe how hot and humid it is at 7:00. I think we are visiting a bonsai nursery today and this evening heading back to Saigon for a couple of nights beforeLes mer
Day 15 war remnants museum

Back in Saigon and a visit to the war remnants museum.
Quite harrowing really, it covers all the war and the continuing after effects of agent orange.
It's ironic that there appear to be severalLes mer
Day 15 pics

Pics of journey back to Saigon , including a very clever dog !
Day 15 more

Went exploring the town and came across a bar, so stopped for a beer and meal. After the meal we were invited up to the third floor to an acoustic session, we were the only Europeans in the place andLes mer
Chu chi tunnel pics

Day 16, the cu chi tunnels

...another must do is this visit to the cu chi tunnel system.
The VC Soldiers used the network of underground routes to house troops, transport communications and supplies, lay booby traps and mountLes mer
Day 16 lunch

..stopped for lunch at chef Tan's cooking school, apparently chef Luong Viet Tan was a MasterChef in Australia and he now teaches about self sufficiency by growing the food for his kitchen
He teachesLes mer
Day 16 independence palace

The independence palace is the place where a North Vietnamese tank crashed through the main gates to end the war.
It's quite an impressive building that is set back in time to April 1975. The roomsLes mer
Day 17 farewell saigon , hello Siem Reap

Well it's goodbye to Vietnam and hello to Cambodia today, we fly out of Saigon and direct to Siem Reap and tonight it's off to the circus 🎪, no idea what to expect so watch this space....
WellLes mer
Day 17 - Phare circus

..we all had seats for the Phare circus which has the aim of taking children from the streets and teaching them a skill and trade.
What a really good show, only an hour long but well worthwhile,Les mer
Day 18 - Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat Temple pics, it wasn't as crowded as I had been expecting.
Originally it was a Hindu temple but was converted to Buddhist.
Day 18 Ta promh temple

The temple has been used in quite a few films,such as tomb raider. it's amazing to see how the jungle has taken over and kapok trees and strangler figs are now growing out of the ruins.
Day 18 bridge

Day 18 - bayon temple

This was the state temple in the heart of Angkor Thom.
Day 18 - temples

Well the schedule is all over the place but I think we are going to visit the temples today 🥴
The flooding was just mentioned in our news, hope the weather clears soon! Looks like a great trip although I don’t think I’d be eating much looking at the menus haha x [Lisa x]
Steve CatterallIt's really brilliant, weather not really causing a problem , get wet thru but change at dinner and again at tea 🤣🤣 3 lots of clothes each day