Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 6
Pictures from HCMC & the Mekong
This is the first day we have had a sleep in, 8:30am!
Got up and had breakfast, not what we expected. We had booked all hotels with American breakfasts, this wasn’t western at all!
Obtained a map from reception, and noted where we would go. Started out, but we went in the wrong direction, finally asked a security guy, but he didn’t speak English, so we came back to the hotel, very sticky & hot.Brendan had to go to the toilet. Both he and David, have loose bowels, I seem OK so far, fingers crossed. There was a message from TNK Travel, so we arranged for them to come by with our tickets for the Nha Trang flights, and to finalise our payments.
The tickets had the wrong dates, so they had to re-do them. We will pick them up later today, as we are going past their shop.
Headed out, again, in the right direction (we thought the Hotel faced north, but it faced west). It is raining lightly, and is a little cooler, than before. We went into the back packer area, and we had crepes and pancakes for lunch at the Singh Café.
Made our way to the Central markets, where everyone loved Brendan. They all want to touch or kiss him; it gets a bit much for him, though, and it takes us forever to go anywhere, as they all crowd around to see him!
Bought a few shirts and shorts, and Brendan made lots of friends with the lady store holders; he even sang a few songs for them!
On our way back to the hotel we stopped at an interesting bar/ café with bamboo walls. We had dinner here, as it was 6:30pm. Sitting outside, there was a slight breeze to cool things off a little, though lots of people kept coming up to try and sell things, mainly knock-off copies of Lonely Plant travel guides. David bought a LP Thailand book, for about US$10 (about $60 at home). David had Vietnamese Curry, Brendan & I shared some chips & chicken cordon bleu , garlic bread and drinks which cost all up about 210,000VND (approx $18).
Wandered through a few shops, on the way back, and thanked god when we made it – Crossing the roads is scary, but there is an actual art to it. The thing is, we seem to be getting better at it, and less worried, though I nearly got hit by a motorbike, but David pulled me out of the way. I’d forgotten the first and second major rules.
Don’t stop, once you start to cross
Don’t Change direction
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Bikes everywhere & no traffic rules!
I have taken 789 photos so, far, and David has taken 645, I can’t wait to get them printed!
Tomorrow, we are off to the Mekong delta
