This will be our last post!!!!!
We are now in Saigon (the locals still don't call it Ho Chi Minh City). We are in a real tourist hot spot - there are hotels, travel agents, bars, restaurants, and people hasssling you to buy something (eg a packet of chewing gum!).
However, we have found a great guest house in an alley off the main street. It's great. Outside is a bustling crazy world and within the alley ways lies the normal Vietnamese world. As we wandered about tonight we could see families preparing tea, eating it or just resting at the end of the day. I wonder how many of the visitors discover this?
New experience today was travelling on a cyclo - a bike with a passenger seat in front of it. Later we had another motor bike ride and I certainly felt safer with the cyclo.
Went to a water puppet show today - a highlight for Kathy.
Yesterday visited a number of museums, pagodas and temples.
We are more aware of the American War here and its impact. I feel a little guilty that I wasn't aware of lots of what was happening here many years ago. And now we have Iraq!
When in a village (or hamlet) near Ben Tre, we were lucky to meet a local, Liam, who invited us to his home for dinner. In his backyard he showed us the tombs of his father, who had died in the war and that of his mother who passed away recently.
Being part of a Vietnamese family for an evening was a highlight and an honour for us.
Next day we travelled all the little pathways around the village on motorbikes, led by Liam. Again we had an insight into everyday rural living.
See you next week!
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You write very well.
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