Hi all,
Thanks for all your messages -I read them this morning when I was slightly less jet lagged after a lovely 12.5 hour sleep! Think that has to be a record for Dabinett. Did mean of course I had to rush like a mad thing to to check out then jump in a cab to get to the airport. Talking cabs, had an intereting journy to the airport. Parts of the conversation were as follows; ' where you from miss?', to which i replied'London' in a funny accent (they can understand me better for some reason). He then completely suprised me by going on to talk about football - Gerrard is his favourite apparently, and supports Liverpool!! We thn moved onto F1 and tennis! Unfotunatey he had the speed of Hamilton, but distinctly lackd the skills - on a number of times I closed my eyes and muttered a few prayers as we motored down the freeway dodging various rust buckets. The horror.
Pleased (for more than that reason) to be out of bangkok though. Its mental and not a city i like at all.
Currently In HCMC (or Saigon) after v quick and painless flight. Met some intersting people too on the plane - 2 x nuclear enginneers who told me all about nuc power stations. I did try to look interested through some of it!!
So more to the interestin stuff.... :)
HCMC makes Bangkok look like a sleepy back water. The streets are absolutely crazy - full of bikes, cars all tooting their horns. Trying to cross the road is like taking your life into your own hands - I've found th best way is to just tag along with a local and hope they have enough experience not to stop infront a moving machine...its like a scene out of a movie, it's all about dodging the traffic!! :(
It's also bloody humid, so air con is a welcomed rlief when you get some. Luckily Ifound a room ($10) so have a nice cool sleep to look forward to.
As for the city, I arrived only 2 hours ago and yet to see much, so i will give a proper update tomorrow no doubt after a petite sight seeing trip.
Right, Im off to have some food. My Malerone tablets are making me feel rather sick so have no appetite at the moment :( , so going to get something light.
Update on nxt plans - heading to Nh Trang on Weds, then Dalat then cross country into Laos and Cambodia. Not sure if I will get up to Hoi An, depends on time, as want to explire the south a bit more (Mekong etc). Have also moved my flight back to bangkok from the 7th to the 8th.
Hope all is all ok back in the UK...and you r not too cold (lalalal).
Until nxt time xx
