Almost out...

We've made it all the way down the coast and arrived in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City is just too long to say or type). This place is chaos. We plan to do a short trip to the Cu Chi tunnels tomorrow, some last minute shopping, and then take either a eight hour bus to Phnom Phen or a two day boat trip. Still haven't decided yet....
Here is a very brief summary of our last week or so in Vietnam:
In Hoi An, city of tailors, we spent several days getting things made. The city itself was pretty run down, having just survived a typhoon a few weeks before, and the beach was too rough for swimming as another one was on its way... so we spent all of our time at various tailor appointments. I ended up with a three piece suit, dress shirt, two winter coats, two dresses, a top, and three pairs of pants. Justin weighed in with two suits, a jacket, and five shirts. As usual, the most expensive thing was postage... and we had it all sent to the states so we don't have to drag it with us the next six weeks.
We then took a night bus to Nha Trang, a beach town. It was the off season, so nothing was heavily populated, but it was pretty boring. We ran into our Norwegian friends, Aina and Andre, as well as happy group of Swedes that we met in Hoi An... they made the place much less boring. The city is mostly owned by expats... so the prices can be pretty high.
From Nha Trang we took a long, hot bus ride to Dalat... a town described by our guide book as the "Paris" of Vietnam. It was a hole. We spent one day motorbiking around to water falls and got caught in a rain storm. It was fairly uneventful.
Vietnam is turning out to be rather disappointing as a travel destination. The more and more we see of it the more it feels like a poor man's Guam... or what Guam used to be about 50 years ago. Its just beginning to make me homesick. We are really looking forward to Cambodia!
On a side note, our hotel room has CNN and we are actively watching the US election results. COME ON DEMOCRATS!