Day 40 Who New

13/04/13
The Kebab last night was probably one of the best I have ever eaten, a shame that the bus ride wasn't as good. At the tour office we filled out the visa application and paid $25, $20 for the visa and $5 for a bribe. Law enforcers really shouldn't be corrupt! It was another sleeper bus, but not one I was familiar with, this was a new style, actually the Knight Bus from Harry Potter, it was actually 3 decks! Albeit on a double decker bus. The configuration was new too, it had 2 double beds rather than 3 singles, fortunately I acquired a double to myself so I was able to spread out, I didn't much fancy getting cosy with a Vietnamese local.  The crossing was straightforward, clearly the bribe worked. I didn't do much this afternoon apart from go to a museum, which if history is your thing then it would be really interesting, personally I thought it was a waste of money. I was randomly walking the streets, looking for somewhere to eat when I thought someone call my name, I turned round but there was nobody there, it happened again and this time I saw Matt, followed closely by ben (2 of the lads I shared a dorm with in HCM). They proceeded to show me their tuktuk driver, who greeted me with a rather friendly hug, he was rather worse for wear, so Matt kindly offered to drive, an offer that was accepted. We then spent the next 10 minutes driving round the city, going the wrong way down one way streets with 8 people (Ben, me, Tom, Jack, 3 of their friends and the driver) in the back, it was one of the best experiences of the trip. I left the others at their hotel then got some street food and waited for them so we could go out, because I found out that evening that it was the New Year, something I didn;t know.