There's a snake in my juice

We have just had the best couple of dáys.

It started off on Friday morning when we got a bus from our hotel in Saigon to a place called Vinh Long. Vinh Long is a town on the banks of the Mekong river. From there we got a boat and set sail down the river and its many tributaries.

In the morning we visited a few places along the river to see some of the local industries. We saw tiles, bricks and pottery being made and it was interesting to see how esential the river is to these people's lives. We stopped for lunch and had Elephant-ear fish! Its ugly looking, but delicious!

We spent the rest of the đay travelling up the river and making a couple òf mỏre awesome stops. At one we had cinammon rice wine and snake wine, which is rice wine with a snake fermenting in it! At our next stop they brought out a 10 ft python which we all got to hold! It was âmazing. We were also "treated" to some local singing and dancing.

We finally made it to our homestay where we got to stay in a traditional house under mozzy nets We also had quite a mesy evening with Nam, our local guide, and the rést òf the group on the banana whisky. It should be pointed out that in between saying "love you long time" "lỏe" and "you're a ladyboy" Nam cheats at drinking games.

All in all it was a fantastic day and a real once in a lifetime experience.

Today we visited the War Remnants Museum in Saigon. It ứa really interesting, although a tad one sided and there were some really grisly exhibits on display, the worst being a deformed foetus courtesy of agent orange.

Tomorrow our holiday moves to Cambodia, I feel a song coming on...

Anyway take care guys, we'll speak to you soon. You stay classy San Diego.