Although there is no way to do justice to Mike Cowburn’s latest behemoth of a post which undulates visually around the whole of Ho Chi Minh City, I have picked out a few highlights. Arriving fresh on the back of a valium-induced sleep, they have been busy, recommending (for those with a strong stomach) the ‘interesting and informative’ war remnants museum.

“Our favourite section was on all the journalists killed in the war and collections of their photo’s accompanying stories of how they were killed, as told by those who were with them.”

Not content with war, they have given religion the once over too – taking a look at the Cao Dai religion, which attempts to fuse together branches of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. They were impressed with its spiritual home (pictured)…

“[Their] temple looks like it has been designed by Elton John, camp as anything. Absolutely huge and looked like a cross between a French Renaissance church, a Chinese temple, and a Mosque”.

Read and enjoy over here.