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Hello people! It’s been a while since I made a significant post on this blog. So where have I been? As the title states, I’ve been in Vietnam for the past 5 days and am currently in Nha Trang. No photos of this nice beachside city yet, but here’s what I’ve been up to…

First stop, Ho Chi Minh city:
The first thing that stood out to me besides the significant change of infrastructure around me was the traffic. What is traffic? What is speed limit? What is driving on the correct side of the road?!

During our visit in Ho Chi Minh (aka Saigon) we did have the unfortunate experience of getting bag/camera snatched by people on a motorcycle. So if you plan on going to busy cities in Vietnam, I advise that you keep things as close to your person and try to be discrete with expensive things (ie. your DSLR). Even if it’s strapped around you they’ll still try to grab it! So keep everything safe and get travel insurance.

And of course our first meal in Vietnam was their national dish Pho. Where else to have Pho in Ho Chi Minh city, but the place where President Bill Clinton had his first bowl of Pho on his first trip to Vietnam.

We did some shopping around at Ben Thanh Markets looking for various bargains.

Our next day we spent exploring the historical tunnels of Cu Chi. We went through a short tour of the tunnels and those daring enough (like myself) could go through. It was an amazing experience to see the strategy of the Vietnamese army. I highly recommend checking it out!

We also had lunch in the largest department store of the city, Diamond Plaza. We stayed at Somerset Chancellor Court apartments.

Next stop, Dalat…
After staying two nights in the city of Ho Chi Minh we had a nice change of scenery, flying to Dalat on Air Mekong (~US$44 if you book at a local travel agent). Our first day we got to see some waterfalls. We got to take some cable cars where we found ourselves taking a river taxi to an island. It was interesting and I got my first taste of Porcupine meat. Unfortunately we found some monkeys that were ill kept in small cages. We left after refusing an elephant ride.

We were meant to go see the Dam’bri falls, but wandered to Dantala falls instead. We got to take a “roller coaster” to see the falls.

We stayed at the Ngoc Lan Hotel. They had nice staff, though there was a hiccup when they misplaced one of our bags. We ended up missing our coach to Nha Trang, but thankfully they organized for a driver to take us to our next city.

Current city is now Nha Trang and this morning we are off to see the Cham Towers!

Location:Thành Thái,Da Lat,Vietnam

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