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May 27th 2007

Published: May 27th 2007

Well, the last two days, I have really felt like a tourist! We had been a bit lazy so we decided to do the City Tour with one of the operators... It was only 5 dollars and appeared to save a day of agro from Tuk Tuk drivers, but seriously not worth it! First on the itinerary was the War Remnants Museum, its role to study, collect, preserve and display exhibits on the war, war crimes and its impa... Read Full Entry

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Aristi & Beedge

Taylor s

Instructions for travelling: 1. Purchase two backpacks and 2 round the world tickets. - Check 2. Viciously rehome vast tracks of possessions on ebay or Oxfam and ferret away the rest in a (very generous) friend's garage. - Check 3. Rehome unimpressed cat. - Check 4. Sell the house - No comment. 5. Board Plane. - Check By the end of this trip, we should have enough anecedotes for a lifetime of boring friends of 'this one time when we were just outside and you'll never believe what we . Result. Anyone complains, we'll bring out the... full info

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Affects of Torture

Permanent Bone Structure Damage...

Anti War Posters

There were a lot on display from the US, Australia, and a lot of European Nations...

Me outside another Temple

Most temples on bus tours seemed to have been selected by operators on the basis of their inaneness. There are a lot of temples here, like there are a lot of churches in the UK. A bog standard temple and a bog standard church get boring after the 5th viewing, let alone the 100th.

Ho Chi Minh Post Office

A beautiful French Colonial Building... and still a post office.

Water Puppet Show

Check out the movies of this on YOUTUBE when we post them - its really unique...

On the Mekong Delta

Mekong Delta

People here were living on the breadline, but so many waved and smiled as we passed...

Vietnamese Ships

All the ships are watching you! All have eyes painted on the Bow, its actually endearing and says a lot about the character of the nation.

Tradition Longboat Fishing Trip

We are now officially 'Bloody Tourists'. It was good though.

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