Ho Chin Minh city is one mad spot...you just can't believe all the motor bikes. If you think its bad during the day time then wait until dusk...its mayhem! Also what's mad is there seem to be very little rules on the road as to who has right of way. The only main rule is that the smaller vehicle must give way to the bigger one. At junctions bikes & cars just drive through trying to avoid one another as they go...you have to see it to believe it.On my way across the border from Cambodia to Vietnam I bumped into an American guy who I'd met in Siem Reap. He hasn't any accommodation booked in HCM but the room I have booked is a twin so we decide to split the cost...which suits us both! Now I sometimes have a tendency to do a little talking/shouting in my sleep which doesn't bother me as I never remember much of it. But on our last night in the city I must have been having one of those nights. I wake up to find myself sitting in bed shouting & screaming at the top of my voice. This must have been going on for a little while because the American guy is now doing the same right back at me! In the morning we have a good laugh about it.
In the few days that I have in Vietnam I manage to meet up with a work colleague of mine, Ky. He is originally from HCM so its great to have someone show you around who knows the place. One thing I didn't know about the Vietnamese is that they can hold their drink I'll say that much! Cheers for those couple of days Ky if you are reading this!
The video above is from the Cu Chi tunnels. They are as small as you ever imagined and more! There was a Dutch guy on our trip who tried to get into that very same tunnel and got stuck for a minute or two. There are a couple of openings else where that have been developed so that tourists can venture down to see what it was like, its a tight fit, you pretty much have to crawl with very little room either side to manoeuvre. Its certainly worth seeing the tunnels but the place is littered with tourists, its one bus load after another. One of the better places to go in HCM is the War Remembrants museum. The photos of the Vietnamese war are pretty graphic but its well worth going to see.
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Jaysus McMorrow, That american guy sounds like it got off lightly with the shouting and screaming, compared to the groping I endured in Barcelona - don't try and tell me you were asleep for that!! At least it sounds like your getting your hands on a few bikes at least - unlike us! Enjoy, the blogs make good reading on cold wet nights in Cambridge! Keep on movin on, Kevin
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