So, Vietnam.... We love it! We arrived at Ho Chi Minh, aka Saigon, airport on the 10th of October (yes we're a tad behind on the blog updates) and stepped out of the airport to find our transport to Phan Ngu Lao St., the main backpacker area. Immediately we were swamped by a hoard of taxi drivers all saying that the buses had finished for the night and that it would cost 120,000 Dong (4GBP), which was about twice what we were expecting by taxi. We got talking to a french couple, Matt & Pascal, who were in the same situation and decided to sit out the persistant taxi drivers and wait for a bus as it was still only 7pm. The smugness on our faces when a bus turned up soon disappeared when the bus
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