Breakfast was included in the room price, so naturally I took full advantage of it. I then set out to start a self guided tour of the city. The trouble was that I didn't know where the hotel was on the map. After half an hour of searching I did eventually find the start of the tour (which is set out in my guidebook). I visited: a park, a massive market, a statue, an art museum that I didn't go in, antique shops I didn't look in, I walked through a street market, past a tower, then a fancy hotel, a theatre, yet another fancy hotel, another park, a statue again, some committee building, Notre Dame Cathedral, an old post office, a palace and a turtle lake, all in all a good long wander. The highlight of the day though was going up the Bitexco Financial Tower, an impressive 68 storey building, with a massive heli-pad on level 53 and a 360 degree viewing platform at level 49. One of the reasons that I went up was to try out my new camera, a 5 mega pixel canon, costing a pricey £30, lets just hope it lasts. Again I went out with the Surrey lads and an Essex boy (Henry) who is new to the room, we all picked up a couple of beers afterwards.
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