Saigon

So our last stop in narm was ho ci minh city aka saigon the big one. Busiest place, streets packed with people and food and 30p beer. We were proper tourists and went to the old presidents palace and the war remnants museum. It was heartbreaking the photos were so graphic and the stories were just so sad. It was really interesting though and we learnt a lot. Cheered ourselves up a bit with a few drinks at cheeky monkey watching their really good cover band and judging the old white men with suspiciously young girls. Next day did a trip to cu chi tunnels which the vietcong used to hide in. We got to crawl through them they were so tiny I wimped out half way but dale powered through till the end. More 30p beer at the street bars with dales new japanese friends. They were won over by his opening line 'I know karate'. Next day made the bus, bike, boat, treck to cat tien national park where we stayed at crocodile lake which was beautiful. Had a little treck through the jungle with the best most smiley guide duc. We saw monkeys and lizards and crocs. Things turned bad for duc though. He went fishing on croc lake but a bloody thunderstorm started so he had to hide in the forest in his pants till it stopped about 3 hours later. Poor duc. Made the journey back to saigon for one more night before leaving for cambodia.