Friday, March 12, 2010

Well it's another hot day In Ho Chi Minh and Toby is going to be a little later than expected still. I got word from him this morning that he'll be coming in on Saturday instead of tonight. Not a whole lot we can do about so Will and I are just going to sit tight. My luggage came though! that was awesome to have a fresh pair o f underwears to wears. A couple days in this humitity and you'll why. So yesterday on our travels we (Will and I) jumped on a motor bike taxi that took us to Xui lao pagoda....I think that was what it's called.... anyway we took off our sandals and entered the temple to see this GIANT satute of Budda. They had beautiful trees in the garden and a dead fish in the pond. We hung out there for a bit before walking back to the hotel. On the way back to the hotel we stopped into this Vietnamese resturant for a beer. They had Lizards and snakes in cages and people eating birds feet. On the Menu we saw some pretty strange food, like, Giant snail,Salamander,tortoise,Blood and Gall wine,snake and Star fish paste. We ordered a plate of giant snail but probably should have ordered one of the lizards , just to put the poor thing out of it's misery. there cages we not ideal shall we say. Anyway I figured out that I don't care much for Giant snail. I can put that on my "dislikes" list. We did however find Siagon Beer on tap, so it cost a Whopping 10,000 Dong per litre. It sounds like alot but its about 0.54 cents in canadian monies! So we had a litre each , got a lite buzz and wondered around the city some more. Although Ho Chi Minh is pretty cool , I really would like to get out of the city and see some of the country side AND most of all start climbing!!!!! We're all waiting on you Tobs!

2 comments:

  1. It is probably pretty exhausting to be in a city like that for too many days. I hope once Toby comes you can head right out for the countryside.
    (in a german accent) OH! HE'S GOT SUCH BAD GRAMMAR...BUT I LOVE HIM!

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  2. David! Great to read a bit about your adventures so far. Hopefully by now you are out in the great countryside and climbing some incredible rocks.

    We've been enjoying your wife - as usual! And I am finally getting to go for a massage from her today. Hooray.

    blessings on your adventure.

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