This is the view out the window of our hotel (Vien Dong) across park 23/9. You can see the park itself below. Last night there were young guys playing soccer on the bitumen and lots of people doing aerobics. Today it was mostly dog walking and badminton (often without a net!).
On our walk up to the end of the park I was fortunate enough to wander along with this beautiful character often referred to as "my wife".
We ended up at the Ben Thanh market - here's some of the seafood area. Probably a redundant statement given that I grew up in Ipswich but I have never seen so many types of fish in my life. Lots of different shellfish and crabs and prawns too. The women were gutting the eels and fish in front of us - fresh as!
This was a few blocks down the road from our hotel. Crossing the road seems daunting but isn't really that bad. It actually sort of reminds me of Swiss pedestrian crossing - you need to show an element of intent, an element of fearlessness and an element of ignorance all of which need to be obvious enough for the drivers and riders to see. Then you are fine. Just walk - whenever!
Snapped this guy tapping out a text on his bike when we were driving in from the airport.
This was my first pho (with accompaniments above) in vietnam. Hopefully one of many. Yay pho!!!!
First dinner - bun cha tay ho. This was the one with the cheetoh meatballs. Yuuuummmy.
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