Up at 06:00 on the bikes at 06:30 with our gear to ship back to the UK. Got to the Post Office the roads were very busy with the scooters people going to work and kids off to school. Filled out the paper work and packed the largest box they had and it was packed tight all taped up and addressed Weighed 15kg and cost £65 to ship it. Back to the hotel in one piece and had breakfast. Taxi picked us up at 08:30 and 35 minutes at the airport. The check in went well and then there was a big queue to go through passport control and security, the queue was as long as I have experienced at Stansted airport. The bloody locals love pushing in to our annoyance and this guy came right up and pushed in front of us. Big mistake as I and Penny vilified him and drew attention to staff and other travellers and he got told to get behind and he slipped in again 20m further back. Waited at gate 7 and Penny bought herself a jade bracelet which has been wanting since we have been in China. Then we got informed go to gate 2 and we board the bus to the plane. Left around 11:20 and got here before 13:00 the bags took a long time to come through, the Chinese are more organised than in Saigon. Got the taxi into the hotel and booked in.
We were hungry so we went up to the restaurant bar on the 15th floor great views and had lunch which was good. After that booked flights to Siem Reap in Cambodia for the first of March, they certainly vary with different travel agents on line. Then booked the Cu Chi – Mekong Delta one day trip 11 hours which we have to be ready at 07:00. We had dinner on the foot path over looking a busy street dining with the locals some very interesting dishes on the menu, rooster testicles, frog, duck tongue and a few more we went for the Thai salad. Then up to the 15th floor of the hotel and we had some drinks looking over the colourful city and reminiscing over our trip so far.
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