19th October.

Last day in Ho chi Minh city. After breakfast, we get a cab to go to the old post office to get some souvenir. A short ride later, and we are there. As we enter the building, two young Vietnamese girls approach us and ask us if we could be interviewed for a research project they are doing at their university. Their topic is food. Their English is ok, and we manage to understand most of their questions, which weren't to many. One girl is doing the interviewing, and one is recording the interview. Of which we did agree to at the start.
After that was done, we enter the building and look around the souvenir shops and goods, make our purchases and walk back to the motel. A 10 min walk.
We pack our bags, and check out of the motel. Because  my original suitcase was surplus to my needs now, hence the unexpandable handle, we have to leave it behind. As luck would have it, the porter man was near our room and helped us with our luggage. We mention to him that we are leaving the old case there, and he asked if we could write a note saying that he could have it, to which Bob obliges.  We take our last car ride to the airport, among all the scooters and cars.
It has been an interesting time here in Vietnam. I have enjoyed my time here, even though there have been some challenging moments, it has been good. We go through into the airport, find our airline, check in, pass through customs, which is much less stressful than entering, and wait for boarding for our 3pm flught. Bob wants to get rid of the last of the Dong he has, but everything in the airport is in USD. He manages to get something, so it's all spent.
The flight to Singapore is a 2 hrs flight which is good, then we have a 4 hr wait in Singapore. We find something to eat, then wait to find out what gate we are boarding at. We walk, then use the free internet to kill time.
Onboard, the flight  leaves at 22.20  and almost 8 hrs later we are back in Queensland.
It has been a wonderful time away.