Day 20 - 26/04/2018 - Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh

This morning we got up packed, had breakfast and left for the airport for our flight to Ho Chi Minh (or Saigon, which many people still call it). We arrived to a very hot Ho Chi Minh city, 34 degrees.
The view from our room






This would have to be the skinniest house we have seen.




Our hotel has this cabinet on the bottom floor for us to put our shoes in before we go upstairs to the room



Inside the room they have other shoes for us to use while in the hotel.

 Tonight we joined a tour on bikes, after seeing how crazy the traffic is here I was a bit nervous about this tour but it turned out to be one of the best experiences. We felt safe at all times, there are so many bikes on the road that you are usually surrounded by bikes not cars and they are very good at weaving in and out of each other. The guides were fantastic and the food we ate on this tour was all different from what we had already had and was all amazing. They also had an extra guy riding around taking photos of the tour.An absolute highlight of our trip.



Not sure why I look like a lobster in many of the photos, I am not actually sunburnt or that red!!






Malayah will have a try of most things





I told Malayah to do something crazy in one of her pics





 



Dessert, the first was my favourite, a frozen yoghurt with hibiscus flowers and nuts



This was Sams favourite, black sticky rice with coconut ice cream and a blueberry jam.



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