Saigon has only changed subtley in the 7 years since Celia last visited. Still modern, still crazy, but the thousands of bikes are now motorised.

In Houston, we described the adventure sport of Crossing the Road. This is also popular in Saigon, but a different game altogether. Standing on the kerb, you are confronted with 3 lanes of motorbikes streaming towards you. You wait for a gap, prepared to make a run for it. There's no gap. The only way to cross is to take a deep breath, and step out into the oncoming traffic. Then walk across slowly, whilst the bikes part to let you cross. Providing you don't have a heart attack midway, you make it to safety. Or, you could wait around for a little old lady to help you across (it has been known).

In between crossing roads, we visited the Reunification palace, which has stayed in a time capsule since its invasion in the 70s, and the War Remnants museum. The latter displays hundreds of photos and other momentoes of 'The American War'. Despite being newly housed in a shiny big building, it's as heart-breaking as ever. On the way back through a park, we got to observe the many ways the Saigonese pass the time: badminton, foot badminton, walking in circles, and more badminton.

Unfortunately, at the start we thought we had to rush through Saigon, and only spent a day there. Maybe one day we'll go back and get to know it better, and this time with Daniel's camera fully functioning.