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Day 10 in Ho Chi Minh city!

The final day of our tour in Vietnam!

Day 10 started early for all of us, ensuring our bellies were filled with breakfast, “our Vietnam cone hats” were on our heads, and our suitcases (a lot heavier than usual for some reason?🧐🧐) were finally packed and ready for our final adventure ahead.

The short day truly begun when we walked to the Post office to send some post cards and explore the office’s interesting souvenirs; such as a music box that was turned for over a minute because some of us expected it to be a jack in the box😔. 

Also, on the walk to the post office we took a lovely photo in front of the Ho Chi Minh statue…however not so Pinterest worthy as everyone was trying to protect their eyes from the scorching sun directly in front.

After that we walked directly to our tour group’s favourite coffee shop, Highlands, stopping for a while to enjoy our favourite cooled coffees, juices and frappes, all paid by the school’s money! (Extra tasty)

After either satisfying or nauseating our bellies with dairy, we headed off to Book street (literally 5 steps out the door of Highlands). Unfortunately to the parents, none of us can tell you that we bought any books because they were 99% written in Vietnamese. However, we still enjoyed pretending to understand what was written inside. Outside the little book stores, other little things were sold including a cute stingray bag bought by Josh and a self portrait painted in realtime of Paige!

Then we walked to our favourite food markets for the last time. As usual, we were given 200,000 dong each and free roam! Everyone was trying something different, but every meal at the Ben Tanh markets is delicious. We enjoyed our drinks, whether it was Miss Freeman’s hydralite, a refreshing juice, or just a coke.

After filling up on our last meal in Vietnam (we all made it count), we began the final walk back to the hotel. Despite the hot weather, we took the time to look at the cultural architecture , buildings and street views for one last time.

It was a relief to step into the cool air conditioned lobby of the hotel. We waited there for a while until Handsome Kevin arrived. After his noticeable arrival, we took our suitcases, hand luggage and Vietnamese hats (not very convenient) onto the bus.

During our bus ride on the way to the airport, we connected the speaker, made a Spotify queue and sung the whole time  while looking out to Ho Chi Minh for the very last time on this trip. As we arrived at the airport, Handsome Kevin took our final group photo. Finally after saying goodbye to him, we entered the airport labyrinth.

With no issues checking in our bags and going through airport security, we were all stress free upon arriving at the gate. Everyone was trying to use up the last of their dong with some even giving it away (thanks Luke).

Time to head back to Perth! We boarded our flight, a bittersweet feeling of missing Vietnam and wanting to see our families. The final and fourth speed down the runway and off we go!

(The plane food as usual was a bit questionable but still yummy.)

Thank you to all the staff, parents, and friends for not only allowing this amazing trip to happen, but making it a long lasting and happy memory for all of us 💛🇻🇳

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Abbey and Kate 😊