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Vietnam 2019

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Day One Well hello from Vietnam!  We had a huge flight and arrived at the airport 8 and a half hours later! Poor Mrs Grant had issues with her visa, but we managed to actually leave the airport and see our Hotel for the first time. The beautiful Blue Diamond!  We enjoyed a yummy dinner then tackled the Bien Ten market for the first time. We haggled hard and Ms Simm may have lost a bit of money!  We then hit our rooms after a 19 hour day and slept like logs. Day Two Good morning Vietnam!! Today we started with an early start and a great breakfast buffet.  Jess loved the noodles! We then commenced our journey to Long Tan which was a real eye opener. The traffic was super busy and there were bike riders everywhere. Our first stop was to pick up our guide Wombat who lived up to his name and was a crazy fun person who also had lots of knowledge about the battle of Long Tan. We then experienced the Long Phuoc Tunnel which was where the Viet Cong used to hide and shoot soldiers. It is n