Hoang gave us an orientation tour around HCMC and then we went it alone. We ended up walking aroung the city for about 6 hours and got back to the hotel completely knackered and filthy. It was such hard work trying to find anything. We had to sort out flight tickets to Phnom Penh, visas, and other organisey stuff. But we seemed to spend at least half the time trying to find something to eat. We ended up scuttling in to the completely overpriced Rex hotel, soaking wet and very hungry, after getting caught in the predictable afternoon downpour.
Part of the problem was trying to find some vegetarian food, which wasn't from a fast food place or from an expensive restaurant. One of the many places which we looked at was an ostrich restaurant, which sold NOTHING but ostrich meat, in its various (and numerous) forms.
We went for a farewell meal with the whole group in the evening. Then we went for a piss-up and played pool - again! It was really sad that everything was nearly over in Vietnam.
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