Hello Ho Chi Minh!!!!

The love birds at Independence palace HCMC
Moto nation HCMC
Charissa posing way to hard in HCMC
fisher men on phu quoc

Just to set the record straight (Laurie) the roads we were driving on resembled deactivated logging roads, so bugger to you and Ithaca. I'd like to see you pull out some moto x moves! ;-)

So here we are in the big Saigon. After a full day of "boats, motos and buses" we landed in the city last night. We had one heck of an adventure getting here, at times feeling as though we might not make it at all. We road the local bus, big language barrier???

Leaving the gorgeous coast behind wasn't easy, but we were both ready to get on with the Vietnamese stage of our journey.

Today we had a much deserved sleep in, as the previous day had left us both a little rough around the edges. We set off for some pho (Vietnamese soup) for breakfast, before exploring the town.

We puttered around town taking in the local smells and sounds, exploring the market and palace. To beat the heat we stopped in at the "who's who" spot for young upscale Vietnamese, needless to say it cost us a bit more. ;-p

We had a great chat with an older american chap (pretty solid guy) over a beer at a road side stall before getting totally turned around on the way back to the guest house. The start of the evening has been spent being entertained by the children at the guest house, eating their spring rolls and having some beer.

We will let the rest of our stay in HCMC play out by ear. So far we are happy to be here, as we were getting sick of overly touristy areas. ;-(

Hope you are all well, all our love.

Kieran and Charissa xoxo

p.s. where are our pictures of the babies? (kyla and amanda) and we really don't mind hearing back from all of you ;-)