How about that last post for an overly romanticized view of the city? But it is mostly true: Viet Nam is a young country, there are a lot of couples, and many motorbikes. 32 plus hours with hardly any sleep might have contributed to the euphoria. Future posts will be much more subtle and clever.
A few important things:
- Went to the market in Saigon today; somewhat touristy but I got great coffee and a coffee maker for USD $1.20
- The traffic is truly an animal; we saw our first cyclo accident a block from our hotel
- $1.00 USD = $20,000 VND
- We will be working our way down (up) to street food - we've already started to tackle ice
- Most importantly: first bowl of pho bo this morning, with ca phe sua da
While Internet is available almost everywhere and for free, I haven't been on Facebook - the website is technically illegal here, but we will soon be taught to work around it. I will also most likely get a phone. I wasn't planning on it, but for $30 USD I can get a simple cell with 10,000 minutes on it. Everyone here has a phone.
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