We are in the urban center of country #2, the loud and vibrant city once known as Sai Gon. Motorbikes abound! This afternoon we landed in Ho Chi Minh City and found not a phone in the airport, but luckily found a cab who didn't try to jack up the price and a host at our guest house who is very generous and accomodating! Moreover, since we've got here, we've noticed the sharp difference between here and Japan moneywise. Most prices are negotiable, but far less than Japan. Tonight we had a much better dinner than we had our last two nights in Japan, costing about 1/10th the price! (Beef pho, which was delish). The evening was taken up by buying plane tickets for domestic trips here and booking a trip to the Mekong Delta tomorrow. Saturday we may visit the Cu Chi tunnels, which saw quite a bit of activity in the early seventies...
Talk to you soon.
Cu Chi tunnels are a blast (Ha!) And if you want you can try to fire an AK-47 which has the barrel mounted about 6" shorter than what was good for me.
ReplyDeleteAlso, they have a French restaurant called Augustine's - go there. Splurge and enjoy great food. It's like being time traveling back to 1950's .
Don't forget the butter coffee.
You and your butter coffee. Well I promise not to forget to drink some more of it - how about that, sucka?
ReplyDeleteWe're headed to the tunnels tomorrow - I'll be sure to describe the experience. The Delta was a great day out, especially anytime we were on the water.
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