Vietnam Yellow – Day 16 – Ho Chi Minh City
Today Vietnam Yellow experienced their second last day in the dazzling country of Vietnam so we made sure that we went out in a truly spectacular fashion.
We awoke to a magnificent breakfast consisting of fresh fruit, crispy pastries, and wonderful Vietnamese covers of classic western songs blasting from the speakers above. Once we had filled our famished stomachs we briskly headed out to the foyer where we were briefed on our mission of racing through the action packed city of Ho Chi Minh in tactically decided groups. After our mission briefing we headed into the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City where we were to navigate through the streets searching desperately for famous sites, and craftily hidden teachers who were waiting to test us on our knowledge from the past 2 and a half weeks about the history of this wonderful country.
Our first stop was the famous Post Office, where Ms Anthony was waiting with her traditional bright red Vietnamese farming hat. She asked us about the meaning of socialism and about the famous Ho Chi Minh, who led the Vietnamese to independence.
We then jumped into cyclos in which the drivers whisked us on a journey through the exciting roads of Ho Chi Minh, which was an experience that cannot be put into words. After taking a brief stop at the Reunification Palace we swiftly headed to the buzzing markets where our tour guide Hai was waiting to feed us some (interesting) fruit such as Durian. He also questioned us on certain phrases in Vietnamese.
We then hurried through a well known alley where we searched for beautiful artifacts and waved hello to the kind school children. We finally made it to our final destination; the Bitexco Financial Tower, which is the tallest building in Vietnam. Once at the top level we were met with an awesome view of the whole of Ho Chi Minh City.
The Winners
After this challenging, but adrenaline filled experience, we made our way to the Vietnam War Museum. We read through horrific stories of the Vietnam war which brought a lot of us to tears, also giving us the opportunity to think and reflect on the horrors of the Vietnam war. It was a sad but great way to say goodbye to the wonderful country of Vietnam. After this we all made our way to the gift shop were we all went crazy buying awesome propaganda style posters of our favorite movies whilst getting last minute souvenirs for our beloved parents (be excited.)
We finished off the night with some karaoke after our final dinner in Vietnam. It was a great way to finish off our experience in Vietnam and we were even able to find some future singing stars, such as the fabulous Max Dalton who nailed Adele’s hit song Skyfall. Vietnam Yellow certainly are all very excited to see you all when we arrive home. 🙂
Blogged by James Toogood and Paddy Julian
