I feel stuffed. I find another hotel in another part if Saigon that obviously doesn’t see too many tourists. What is the difference between Ho Chi Minh City and Saigon? The locals refer to the entire city as Ho Chi Minh but they call the city centre, or District 1, Saigon. This part of town is popular with the tourists. It has plenty to entertain visitors and of course all the facilities to make life easier for travelers.
Not much on the agenda but to rest a bit. Now having a beer in a cafe where the music is far too loud and a have a great view of the traffic. This might sound dull but I find the mix of traffic in Vietnam fascinating and I guess it is typical of any south-easy Asian country. The Vietnamese seem to be able to adapt the humble motor bike into any configuration you can think of and carry any load.
On the way back to my hotel a make the mistake again of admitting that I’m not married and a man offers his 43-year old sister, who is with him but can’t speak English. She can either speak some English or may have read my body language because she understood enough to know he deserved a slap! She was right – he did.
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