Saigon to Phnom Penh, via the Mekong Delta

Posted on June 29, 2009
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Vietnam to Cambodia, Via the Mekong Delta

My next move was to head to Cambodia, and I thought it would be nice to take in some of the Mekong Delta on the way. It could have been great, buit it turned oout to be one of the worst run tours I have ever been on. Continue Reading…

Saigon

Posted on June 27, 2009
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War Remnants Museum, HCMC

Saigon obviously has a huge amount of history behind it, with its role in the war and today being the econimic capital of Vietnam, as Ho Chi Minh City. Continue Reading…

My Right Leg

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my right leg

No, I haven’t made a parody film about using my right leg to paint, drive a car, play the piano or shoot a machine gun. This is simply to show what has happened to My Right Leg in the last few days.

Trampled by a horse, getting a “Vietnamese Tattoo” (aka burned by a motor bike – everyone I know who rode a moto in Vietnam got one at some point!) and bashing my shin inside the Cu Chi tunnels, (yes I am unco, but these tunnels were made for 4 foot Vietnamese, not a 6’1″ lanky bastard such as myself).

I’m starting to think my right leg is accident prone. No not me, just the leg. It already had 2 scars. The damage from the horse has totally healed now, but it seems the remainder of the burn is permant, just like a real tattoo. So now my right leg looks like the victim of a an Alien experiment gone wrong..Maybe its time to just cut my losses….Literally…. I can hop…kinda….

Cu Chi Tunnels, Vietnam

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Cu Chi Tunnels

The VC (Viet Cong) used tunnels as an immensely powerful tactic against the Americans in the war. The tunnels were used to hide in, sneak up on the enemy, retreat through, transport food and supplies etc. Continue Reading…