I'm in Vietnam!

The bus journey from Kampot (Cambodia) to Ho Chi Mihn City (HCMC) in Vietnam was without a doubt the worst of my life. I got on the minibus at 9.30 and was lulled into a false sense of security by a relatively wasy border crossing. Once across the border we stopped, were taken off the bus and onto motor bikes, with out packs. After a short, but almost deadly journey we arrived at another bus. It definitely wasn't the shiny aircon bus I'd been promised. It was more like a tin can on wheels. They crammed more and more locals onto the bus. Everyone that got on seemed to bring bags of miscalaneous seafood onboard. I had a bad of live crabs by feet and at one point a box containing squid burst so there was squid everywhere. No one like a humid fishy journey. I had no local currency and then also realised that I had given in my bus ticket to the driver from the first bus so I didn't actually have a ticket anymore. It was another 10 hours and a further bus jouney before we got to HCMC aughhhh.

I was meeting Collman and Matt who are here working as spies but pretending to teach English. Its sooo nice to see people from home. Hopefully we are going to the beach together tomorrow!

Today I went to the Cu Chi Tunnels which are the tunnels used by in the Vietnam War. The highlight was a very scary trip down the tunnels. We hadn't really prepared for how small and hot they actually were. If anyone had farted it would have been fatal.

Ricky in the tunnel

I could have been in Nam

Felix leading the way like a gentleman

Cu Chi Tunnel entrance

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam