Vietnam

Following phi phi I headed back to bangkok on the longest overnight bus ever arriving at half five in the morning the the most disgusting hostel thank d I was only there one day as the following morning I headed to Vietnam to visit jade and matty. I arrived in Vietnam and jade had already booked a hotel for us at £15 a night?! Then we went for a drink in a bar she reccomended which was £10 a drink! I don't think she understands that I am travelling cheaply but it was nice to have a good nights sleep. Ho chi mihn is a crazy city and my first impression wasn't too positive it is very hard to cross the roads and it is far too hectic. The following day we took a bus to jades house in Vung tau which is a much calmer place we went for a drink and I met her friends , then they showed me the sights and took me up the hill where the monks live and we fed the monkeys! So cute! We then went to a nice pool before I left back to ho chi Minh where I would choose somewhere to go for the next week or so. During my couple of days in ho chi Minh I was stopped by a man who 'wanted to practice his englksh' so took me to a coffee shop and after a few hours of him trying to convince me to sponsor him and find him a lawyer so he can move to the turk and coicois islands I ended up having to pay for the four coffees he ordered. It was an interesting encounter though he told me I could marry tony Blair's son and prayed for me because in said I wasn't religious.
I decided to head to da lat and had a great time in the loveliest hostel, they were so welcoming and everyone was really funny they went to kareoke and provided dinner and breakfast! Met some really lovely people there. The days before jade arrived I went to the crazy house which is a collection of buildings by a Vietnamese architect which were really wirrd and reminded me of a Dr suess film. I walked around the big lake and craig lent me his book so I sat in the flower garden and had a good read and chill. When jade arrived it was so rainy so we stayed up playing cards and having a drink with everyone from the hostel which was really fun. We went on a tour as well I can't actually remember everything we saw but a waterfall with elephants. ☺