Weather: Hot with intervals of clouds and sunshine. Temperatures from 28c (82f) to 36c (97f). Real feel 35c (95f) to 39c (102f).

This morning, we are going on a three-hour tour of Ho Chi Minh City’s main tourist sites as pillion passengers with the ladies from XO Tours. The three ladies were: Giang, Linh and Hang.

The tour was excellent but it was very hot and humid so very tiring. We visited the Central Post Office, a magnificent building built by the FrenchNotre Dame Cathedral which is undergoing restoration. The Reunification Palace, where the Viet Cong tank went through the gate and hoisted their flag, is seen as the end of the Vietnam War. The secret CIA building and the tower from the last helicopters transported staff out of Saigon. The Burning Monk Memorial commemorates Thick Quang Duc, who set himself on fire in protest at government repression of Buddhists on June 11, 1963. The hidden weapons Arsenal where North Vietnamese infiltrators stored lots of weapons and, during the Tet Offensive, attacked the Presidential Palace. Our final stop was the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda in Chinatown.