... will thrill you with my adventures for the past 2 days.
Day 1 in HCMC - I settled into my new quiet hotel room with aircon ... I went back to get my stuff from the family home and they were not happy with me ... maybe cos I was moving out or maybe cos I woke them up again at 9am ... they were all asleep on the floor still and had 3 dogs as well.
Went up to the Ben Thanh markets ... bought a tshirt that has Roxy Australia on the front but made in Vietnam.... had my first bowl of Pho and nearly burnt my mouth out from too much chilli. Walked up to the gardens in search of the Reunification Palace ... on my way got stopped by two women from Bangkok who wanted to know where my husband was and why i was walking alone ... told them he was shopping and I was sightseeing and having me time .. not sure what they wanted but they seemed to be happy with that explanation :)) ... wandered round the gardens for a while and eventually found the palace .. built in the 60s and still living in the 60s! Was very interesting place.
Then went to the War Remants Museum ... very sad and some very graphic disturbing photos... there was whole wall dedicated to the aussie protests against the Vietnam War.
I was brave and got a cyclo back to the hotel.. feared for my life a few times ... won't do it again ... when I went to pay he said 50,000 dong ... I thought he had said 15,000dong .... we settled on 30,000 dong .. I think he was happy.
The highlight of the day was meeting my friend Huong (who I met in Darwin) .. she is back in HCMC visiting family and we caugth up for a drink. It absolutely bucketed down when we were having a drink ... roads flooded (and again now!!)
And now Day 2 is nearly over.... I did a half day tour to the Cu Chi Tunnels used in the war... was so amazing. I fired off 10 rounds from a M16 .. was so cool :)) and we crawled through one of the tunnels.... if you come to HCMC make sure you do this ... but on the sign it said people of "old age - 70 or older" are not recommended to crawl through the tunnels.... made me laugh ... wouldn't stop some 70 year olds :))
Meeting Huong again tonight ... all the roads here in the city are flooded.... well will go and work on my beer belly hehe
I am off to Mui Ne tomorrow ... won't be getting much sun though as my whole back is peeling from my Cambodian sunburn!
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