Unsurprisingly I am once again behind on the blogging front so I will have to give you a brief surmise of where we have been since we arrived in Vietnam. I think the picture above just about makes up for it but please keep reading to understand how we got to that point.
We first went to the Island of Phu Quoc which is at the very southern tip of Vietnam. It was a beautiful place to spend time on the beach and we even did some squid fishing. The only thing was that because it was the low season it was really quiet. Almost eerily so.
After a few days there we headed up to the madness that is Ho Chi Minh City. Althought we have heard a few people complaining about the fast paced style of the city we really enjoyed it. It was a beautiful place to wander around, visit markets, museums and the nightlife was pretty good too.
It was here in old Saigon that we agreed to play a little game called the "Ten Dollar Challenge". Basically, each person is given ten dollars and had to buy an outift for the other person. We gave ourselves forty-five minutes in the biggest market in the city to the find the most ridiculous outfit for the other. Hence the above picture. I am wearing an England football shirt and a B-Boy cap to look like an English yob whereas I chose a more lady of the night look for Lizzie who wore a silk dressing gown, a bamboo explorers hat and, although you can't see it in the photo, a tie with the Australian flag on. Lizzie then chose to spend most of the night with the tie round her head.
Yes my friends we actually went out in public like this. With the aid of much rum we even enjoyed ourselves and were told by one boy in a club we went to (rather oddly called "Apocalypse Now") that our hats had collectively made his night.
After our successes in Saigon we headed to Mui Ne which is again on the coast. This was a lovely little beach town that was nicely chilled out and spent more time lying in the sun. Well I lay under an umbrella; two months on and I've barely changed colour.
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