I am not sure which day it is (maybe 5 days into our trip) and still so much to see and do and EAT! Vietnam is such an incredible country…I am not sure where to begin. The flight in the back of a very crowded plane was incredibly painful (for 15 hours), but the two hour flight from Hong Kong on the “upper deck” in first class couldn’t have been any better. The first day in Ho Chi Minh City was a shocker…
lesson #1: learn to cross the street. Motorbikes and cars move at a constant pace with really no rules or logic…so my bro advised that we just start crossing the street at a slow pace and keep our head down (i.e. don’t look).
lesson #2: try to eat and drink like the locals without getting sick. We have still yet to really accomplish this, but have had some amazing meals. The cuisine here can’t really be beat (as long as you know what animal the mystery meat came from). Today (now in Dalat) we had pho soup in a little tiny hole in the wall which looked a lot like a home. My favorite meal so far.
lesson #3: if you are a male and you are looking for a girl to just “hang out with” make sure she is not a prostitute before going out. My brother learned this lesson very early on. I guess he will not be sticking to Australians or Americans.
lesson #4: don’t spend a lot of time on the internet…there is too much to go see and you can write a lot later.