Dam Sen water park

last night we hit the rooftop bar of our hostel during a crazy thunderstorm, depressed by the unknown whereabouts of my luggage I decided the only solution was to get fairly drunk and forget about it, we went to some bars around Ho Chi Mi downtown, all had live singers or karaoke or a mix of both from what I do remember of the night. Stumbling home to the hostel at 4am I was greeted by the beautiful sight of my backpack at reception, safe to say my drunken screeching of happiness scared the bejeezus out of the poor Vienamese guy at reception. Today with our new friends from last nights diy bar crawl and a killer hangover we decided to celebrate my luggage arriving by going to the local waterpark. We were quite literally the only westerners in the park, people were filming us, following us around and actually cheering for us when we went down a slide it was so surreal. The kids at the waterpark were pretty adorable coming to say hello and waving because to them we must of looked out of place. if your in Ho Chi Mi City with a hangover hit Dam Sen water park.

Ho Chi Mi City - Downtown

Today we spent the day getting lost quite literally in downtown Ho Chi Min City, after Emirates still have not heard where my luggage is, I decided to hit the local market and buy some basics to last till my bag rejoins me (if ever). So after getting fairly ripped off for some backpacker basic elephant print trousers, we decided to check out Ben Thanh main market, this market was packed with stalls selling anything from jade Buddha charms to taxidermy tarantulas and bats, this particular market was aimed more at foreigners like myself and it was hard to try and barter items to a lower price as most stalls had a gang of people to back up their original price. If your in Ho Chi Mi its still worth a visit especially if you've lost your luggage.