Oh phew. I have the passports (with visas) back! It said in the information on the visa application that it should take 4 working days to process the application once it arrived in Canberra. Well, ours took 4 weeks. I would probably suggest NOT getting the travel agent to send the passports off to Canberra for the visas. It cost me a bit over $100 to courier them down and back using the travel agent. I think 2 priority paid post packs might have set me back about $20-$30, and it might also be easier to check up the progress of the visas myself rather than having to ring the travel agent to get an update.
This weekend will be busy. Of course there are the constant demands of cleaning, that's a given. The house is a pigsty. I need to buy myself a uniform for Vietnam. Kind of like Terri and Bindi Irwin. I'm thinking something along the lines of goucho pants teamed with a t-shirt and sensible walking shoes. Yes, goucho (South American cowboys) pants still exist. I think the beauty of these soft and flowing pants is that they will feel cool...and I will look cool!
Once I have purchased a uniform, I shall attempt some foreign currency exchange in the city, buy a final bag for Gus, and then spend the afternoon drinking beer and cleaning my house.
I have also decided that after Ho Chi Minh and then Can Tho in the Mekong Delta, we shall travel back to Ho Chi Minh and take a plane to Dalat. Apparently teaming with local beret wearing bohemian artists. It's referred to as "Le Petit Paris". In the 1950's this town used to abound with deer, peacocks, pheasants, pigs, black bear, panthers, tigers and elephants. Thankfully, hunters have killed most (all, I hope) of those animals, which will leave us free to cycle on bikes around the area.
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