Beautiful sunshine and the temperature was over 30 degrees. We were picked up at our hotel at 8am to start our last day in Vietnam with a tour to the Mekong River Delta. Of course traffic was crazy. At one point a family of four on a motorbike (with young children) were driving down the wrong way on the freeway. There is a lot of horn blowing in Vietnam. …
After breakfast we moved our luggage to reception and spent our last few hours in the old town. The market as usual was packed and busy. I purchased all kinds of special tools for making vegetable flowers. Wine with Cobras and Scorpions were offered for sale. I didn’t buy any. We stopped for egg coffee and watched people burning fake money and paper in the middle of the crowded …
I just got back a few more pictures of Saigon’s unique traffic. I am amazed at the things people manage to transport on their small bikes. They even have their own type of Uber here…and other similar ride programs. I’ve also included more pictures from last night’s foodie tour with XO Tours. I highly recommend this tour. It was so much fun. Today was Cora’s birthday. The hotel restaurant …
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After another full breakfast we got in a van for our half day tour of the Cu Chi tunnels. There were five of us on the tour; John, Cora and myself and a couple from Basel, Switzerland. I quickly noticed that there were no seatbelts. While navigating the heavy traffic, an older man on a motor bike hit the side of our van with his hand. The motorbike driver …