Hello Ho Chi Minh

I must say we were impressed when we got off the plane & there was an official with our names on a sign ready to whisk us off to process our visa & relieve us of $110. Thank god that drama was over & they let us into the country. After a small hiccup with our travel cash card we finally got some money out & caught the bus (for 25 cents each) into the city. Wow what an eye opening 40 minutes that was.....we thought Thailand was crazy but it has nothing on this place. I have never seen so many mopeds in my life, and the traffic is mental. Serena, you would have heart failure for sure.....lol. We got off where we were told was a good place & just had a bit of a wander until we were convinced to have a look at a hotel room, then looked at another one to compare & went back to the first one. Nothing flash, up a hundred stairs but for $11 one can't be too fussy. The manager recommended a little place to get good Pho & we weren't disappointed. Had a bit of a stroll around & were very worried about crossing the road but we mastered it in the end. Had some awesome rice paper rolls & fried tofu with a local rum & beer ($1 for 450ml....damn I love this place). Bought a couple of beautiful paintings from a local street seller & then spent hours trying to get yesterdays blog to upload. OMG it was doing my head in but as you can see I have managed to get it to work....not to mention that half of the writing on the site has converted to Vietnamese which makes it all just that little bit harder. We went downstairs & booked a couple of tours & an open bus ticket to Hanoi, ate another great Pho & decided to get pampered with Tanya getting her nails & toes done & I got a head, neck, back massage & facial. Unfortunately it didn't help my splitting headache so it's time for bed. Up early in the morning heading to the Mekong for a couple of days. Alvo xo