Today we thought we would venture out of the safe walls of our hotel and see Ho Chi Minh City. It was awesome. We went down to one of the closer markets called Ben Thanh. I would say it would be the same as any market, the only difference was, the people just absolutely loved Maiya. Everyone stopped us, and make comments and had questions it was even a little overwhelming at times, and you kind of felt bad brushing them off.
After the market we just walked around on the steets for awhile to try and get the feel of the culture a little. Nothing like I have ever seen before, you really see the gap between rich and poverty. They drive their mopads right up on the sidewalks to park in front of the stores they want to visit. The people are friendly, we had a couple of them try and sell us stuff, but like I mentioned most of them love to look at babies or they left us alone. There are enough westerners here that even as white as I am I don't really stick out. (Janice may not agree)
Anyway we ventured out for about 4 hours, took a couple cabs and walked about 15 minutes home. So by the time it was all said and done, the 3 of us were covered in sweat.
I am attaching a couple pictures that we took, thought they were neat. One is the equivilant to a "green p" parking in Toronto, but Ho Chi Minh City style. The other is a typical set of hydro wires.
Anyway, the reality I was referring to in the title was tonight when we tried to get Maiya down for the night. Up until this point she has been a dream, in terms of sleep and eat. Tonight though she was extremley fussy. We think she may have got heat rash from being out all day, and sweating so much. Lesson learned.
The prices on things are cheaper, however not as cheap as you might think. Taxis are really cheap (if they no where they are going). But depending on the grocery, it can be more expensive.
Anyway enough for today, its 8:30 here, so passed our bed time...
c ya
Brett
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