Another day in HCMC

Last night we were people watching until late, it was fascinating. We went to a couple of places for drinks and watched the locals go about their evening.

He/she was cooking the seafood

 

This is the local currency, I had 247,000 vietnamese dong, and thought it was loads when in actual fact it is only worth just over 7 GBPs, Frans thinks it's really funny that I get so confused with all the naughts.

Two friends all dressed up but seemingly with no place to go as they stayed at the roadside for a very long time chatting and eating fresh seafood

Today we went on a second sightseeing tour of this amazing city.

We started by having a traditional breakfast of noodle soup, a very thin consistency, you can chose to have either beef or chicken included.

It comes with a bowl of fresh herbs and bean shoots to add as you wish.
It is tasty and filling without the calories.
Next, the sights


Inside the Jade Pagoda

 After that we hired a rikshaw (this time we were in it together) and went first ly to the Jade Emperor Pagoda, followed  by China town which is a was poorer part of town but very interesting.

It was hilarious dodging through all the traffic, somehow we got to our destinations

Inside the market at China town, these are dried shrimps,available in many sizes

I love  this photo of a waitress having a nap

Yet another street food vendor

The lonely planet travel guide said about Vietnam, 'If cooking were a painting,Vietnam would have one of the most colourful palettes'

After the market and Pagoda we visited the War Museum, we saw horrible images of torture and of victims of the chemical sprays used. It was all very sobering.

We are now planing our next location, I think a trip the Mekong Delta is a favoured option, and then possibly a few days on a beautiful island.

So many places, so much time...