Ho Chi Minh City

I have finally arrived in Vietnam. Malaysia airlines took me from Cape Town to Johannesburg and then to Kuala Lumpur before arriving in Ho Chi Minh City. Since I arrived a few days before the rest of the group I get to hang out in the city until everyone else arrives of Friday. Thai greeted me at the airport and hooked me up with a nice hostel in the city center. Its called Madam Cuc and it has free wifi and serves two meals a day with coffee and bananas served all day long. I am not allowed to wear my shoes up to my room and the shower is just right in the middle of the bathroom with no divider so everything gets soaked when you use it. Everyone rides motorbikes here and drives on the right side of the road, as opposed to in SA where everyone drove mini cars and drove on the left. It is hot as anything here and humid too. I told Thai I wanted to eat some traditional Vietnamese food and he asked if I had ever eaten dog. I said that's fine as long as its cooked i'll eat anything.

My first impression....blasting music I can't understand in the hostel lobby, motorbikes, shoeless walk around the hostel, eating dog, and a less developed city....I love the rhythm of the music so it looks like I am going to have one heck of a July!

P.S. It seems like the crime rate is exponentially lower in this place compared to many of the places in Cape Town and its suburbs so that is a huge plus.

Until next time