So today, Cousin Joe and I took a "Saigon Underground " tour. In other words, it's some of the stuff you really don't want to see, but in other ways it is pretty enlightening. Most of the pictures describe our day. The driver I had was awesome. He was a super funny dude, who had a funny little accent when he was speaking English to us. His buddy, who was driving Joe on the motor taxi didn't speak much English at all, but he was still pretty hospitable. We rode around for almost five hours on those motor taxis in the hot summer sun. I even spotted the areas where the rich Korean folks live in a different part of Saigon. It was fun reading all the signs and describing to my driver what all the places were.
After we came back to our hotel, we just kind of laid around and rested for a good bit. I did go to a fancy Bathhouse, owned by a really nice Korean lady. It's also a massage parlor, but not one of those you think of when you hear Vietnam and massage in the same sentence. When I was finished sitting in the 70 degree (C) sauna, and the cold tub, I cleaned off and prepared to leave. As I walked out of the men's area a lady walked up to me, and instructed me to sit down. She then brought me a fancy little thing of hot green tea, with some dried fruits. I noticed quite a few Koreans around me, so I asked how many Koreans lived in Saigon and she wasn't very sure. I explained to her that I live in Korea, and told her where I had just been living there. That prompted a younger guy near me to say that he lived near there, and I had a great conversation in Korean with him and his coworker for about fifteen minutes. It definitely made me feel more confident about my Korean language skills. It also made me miss Korea a little bit too.
In about eight hours, I will begin my journey to my next destination, which is . . . . . stay tuned and you shall find out!
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| View from above a local market |
If you look closely you can see frogs with the fish
Joe with our tour drivers
Myself with the tour drivers
Myself and Joe
Motor bikes waiting to cross on a ferry
Catholic church that we visited
This really nice lady wanted her picture taken
Man and dog on their boat
This guy caught a little fish
We visited a Buddhist Temple
Many turtles hang out at the temple
This guy was making me a drink with sugarcane
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| Lady with her chickens at market in China Town |
The other version of lady with chickens
The boys waiting for the light to turn green
Traffic
Pagoda
With the driver at the end of the tour
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