HCMC/Saigon, Vietnam Day 100!!!
Woohoo it’s DAY 100!!!
The only problem was it was very uneventful. I had a terrible night sleep, bites on my back played havoc (still!!). Hence we didn’t get moving till late. We went and had brunch at Kim Cafe – as we missed the free breakfast. The food was very nice, I had Chicken with Lemongrass and Lee ordered Pork in Fish Sauce. My meal arrived very quickly but after 30mins his still hadn’t arrived, we asked our waiter and he rang out the back in a big flap….they had forgotten it (2nd time this trip they have forgotten his meal). We didn’t quite know what to expect but we it did arrive it was delicious not too much of the fish sauce taste as it was so heated it had caramelised. 2 out of 2 meals now that have been awesome.
While we were eating/waiting for lunch it started bucketing down so we decided to go back to the hotel and upload some photos and update my posts!!
Before we headed back we popped into a travel agency and checked out tour options for down south in the Mekong Delta. The owner of the agency is from a little village down there and he does private tours through his village, we will book one in the next couple of days!!
It’s 8.30pm now and we are still at it!! I think its time to call it quits and have some food!
We went for a walk and took a seat at a corner restaurant that served Pho (Vietnam is famous for its Pho). Lee had Beef Stew with Bread and I had Pho but with no Beef (by mistake) but they were both very good. We made the mistake of sitting outside on the street so we were hassled by all the street sellers, one girl quite disabled selling books had Lee’s ear and next minute he was getting a massage from a guy that had been hanging in the background. We both didn’t quite know what to make of it and we let him carry on with his massage. He gave Lee a real beating and then at the end – of course – asked for money and then wanted to give me one. It took a couple of minutes to make him understand I didn’t want one, we gave him some money and he walked off. Our little disabled friend said ‘make sure you ask how much before next time….everybody wants money in Vietnam’ wise words!!
We walked around a bit and stopped in this little shop and Lee found this beautiful green necklace for me, then we made our way back to the hotel.