Saigon and Mui Ne, Vietnam

hello everyone! we are currently soaking up some much needed sun in Mui Ne, which is about 4 hours from Saigon/Ho Chi Minh city. It's gorgeous here.. we are sad to be leaving tomorrow :( we are staying at a hostel called Vietnam-Austria House and its amazing.. the manager is super nice and helps us out a lot and the place is really great.. nice clean rooms, pool out front, and its right on the water! we met Amber and Hannah and have been hanging with them for a few days which has been so much fun. i think it was the 4th time we were able to meet up which was cool. before Mui Ne we took the bus from Phnom Penh to Saigon and stayed there for 3 nihgts. we LOVED the city... so much going on and tons of energy. we visited the war remnants musem (which was like 4 floors and lots of reading!); it went through all the details of the war with the states and had tons of pictures, artifacts, etc. it was really good ,very intense though and sad. we also went to the Cu Chi tunnels which are about 2 hours from the city.. they are an underground tunnel system that took 20 years to build starting during the war with the french, but were only used during the war with the states. they were pretty cool to see. they let us crawl through a few of them too, they were sooo small! they also showed us all the traps they used to use during the war... classic traps like putting grass/leaves over a hole in the ground while the enemy falls through onto spikes.. meanwhile the americans were using tanks and bombs and guns to fight. we also did some non-war things like buying cameras (i bought a normal one and kaylen got a great deal on a video camera which has been so fun to use!) anyways, gotta run for dinner! xoxo nomads

Sihanoukville

Just a quick update to go with the pictures!
We were in Sihanoukville for a week, and after a day there we met some people who worked at this bar called JJs and they told us we could work there. It was awesome, they set us up with accomodation (a dorm room above the bar), free food, and free alcohol. Basically our job was to hand out flyers a couple times a day, then we would bartend from about 930pm to 5am. we werent required to make any of the intricate drinks, most people just order simple mixers or beers (cause theyre so cheap) so they dont really need to train you or anything. It wasnt serious either, if we werent bartending we would just go dance around/chat to people/etc. It was super fun though, were glad we did it. SUch an easy way to save money but also meet so many people.
We are back in Phnom Penh now, going to go to Vietnam shortly.
About the Angkor Wat picture, sorry its pretty crappy. Since Maddy's pictures were all lost and my screen is cracked, my pictures from that day didnt turn out very well and because I cant use any settings on mine the sunrise shots didnt work out very well. SOrrrrrryyyy!!
Have to go book our bus!
xox

Angkor Wat (crappy picture)/The crew at JJ's/skulls at the Killing Fields/The workplace