Wow we actually slept quite well last night (very unexpectedly seeing as though it is SO noisy in HCM City).
Went out to get breakfast and found an awesome little place where we ate heaps of food and drinks for only $7.50. The unlimited complimentary iced tea was so refreshing and the food filled us to the brim. We both had omlettes which came with french fries, fruit salad (watermelon), tomato (I had Tony's), baguette.
Then we headed out for a Tony's Amazing Adventure (he was the tour guide).
First we went to the President's Independence Palace, which had a lot of history including the Saigon Government bombing it and its reconstruction to what it is now. We watched a doco on it and braced ourselves for the War Museum to come.
We thought we would have lunch before the War Museum as we were anticipating it to be pretty brutal.
We went to an 'expensive' sushi restaurant and stuffed ourselves for only $US20. Keeping in mind it is quite difficult to stuff yourself on sushi and sashimi - but we managed to do so.
After lunch we headed to the Museum and yes it lived up to our expectations. I ended up in tears and we both had to sit outside to 'have a moment' before we continued. It was heart breaking in every sense of the word. One part in particular was seeing photos of the effects of 'agent orange' and that even recently this has devastated lives through deformities, skins disease and congenital disease. One photo that effected me was the remains of a man who stepped on a land mine in 2003. Too recent to comprehend.
When we walked out it started pouring down so we headed to the Notre Dame Church. It was kind of ironic to get shelter from the church but a lot of people had the same thought. As it was raining we thought we should do what anyone in our situation would do - we went to have cocktails. After a very emotional day we thought we deserved it. They went down a treat!
Walking along the footpaths now has become even more of an obstacle than before (in previous towns). Not only do we have to dodge parked motorbikes, pedestrians, gutters that disappear, people trying to sell us everything but we now need to dodge motorbikes that simply dont want to wait for the incredible traffic. Why sit in a traffic jam with 200 other bikes when you can drive up onto the footpath and push in? :)
We should also report on the 'hairdresser' next door to our hotel. Lets just say they are dressed quite scantily and may offer more than just a hair cut. On closer looking there doesn't appear to be many hairdressing chairs in the shop and Tony has been looked up and down (and flirtatiously giggled at) on many occasions.
Tomorrow its onto Siem Reap where we fly Vietnam Airlines to check out the town and Angkor Wat. We are really looking forward to this as we have been in Vietnam for quite awhile now so excited to explore a new country.
Sleep tight xoxo
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