Day 15 - Ho Chi Minh City

The original plan had been to get a boat down the Mekong into Vietnam, but after our last boat trip, from which I think I'm still suffering heat exhaustion, we decided on the 6 hour air-conditioned bus instead. The border crossing was a little slow but no complications, and we're now staying in a hostel in Saigon. There seems to be a lot to do here, so before heading off to the Vietcong tunnel network (Cu-Chi) just north-east of here, we're going to do our own walking tour of the city tomorrow, taking in all the big sites and a maybe have a drink on the rooftop bar of the Rex hotel at lunchtime. Ali has it all planned with a little help from the Lonely Planet, so it should be a good day. We will probably spend a couple of days here wandering about and taking in the atmosphere before heading up to the beach.