After a long, but relatively comfortable 12 hr. flight from LA we arrived in Seoul, Korea where we connected to another 4 hr. flight to Saigon. We were met by a driver from our hotel and were more then happy to get some sleep. Couldn't help but wake up early (6:30am) as our internal clocks were totally screwed up. After a hearty breakfast with all kinds of local fruit, we set out to sightsee by 9 am. Jetlag never entered the picture all day. It's 6pm now and after trotting around Saigon most of the day, we still have a dinner boat ride on the agenda. Our first impression of this city is totally crazy. We have never seen so many motor bikes (tuk-tuks) like here, it is wild, millions of them, not many cars! They drive like crazy and the hard thing for pedestrians is trying to cross the road!! I was so scared to get run over. So what we have seen is the famous Saigon Post Office, like no other you have ever seen, the Reunification Palace and the very interesting but disturbing Vietnam War Museum. We also saw a couple of Pagodas, where people go and light incense and prey. We had our first Vietnames noodle soup lunch, which was delicious and I was forced to use chop sticks, as there were no forks! The people are very friendly, but not many speak enlish and oh, we did hire a bike taxi, where the guy peddles you in your comfy seat, but it was really scary with all the motor bikes flying by you left and right. There are no traffic cops and people haul everything on these little scooters, even their babies!
Well, we're off to find the boat on the river with the food on it!
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