HOW TO GET THERE We flew into Hong Kong. This is a destination in its own right that we visited properly on the return journey from Vietnam. We stayed overnight at a hotel at the airport and took an early morning flight to Ho Chi Minh City the day following our early evening arrival.  ROUTE HONG KONG The flight from Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City takes about 2.5 hours. HO CHI MINH CITY We stayed in a hotel facing the  Saigon River, which was very central and allowed for easy walking around the core of the city. The local buses were easy and cheap to use for destinations further afield. The only problem with transportation is the volume - crossing the main roads on foot between the blizzard of motorbikes called for steely nerves and usually the protection of some locals who just stepped off the pavement without a second thought. HO CHI MINH CITY - TEMPLE The city has attractions throughout, and we set about each of our days out by grouping what we wanted to see in the central, ...