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Monday, August 25, 2008

Last stop .... Saigon/Ho Chi Minh

Our last day in Asia has too quickly come, and the last day will shorty come to an end. We had the problem again today of having all day of nothing planned and a bit of money. We went shopping, and it is funny how easy you can tell what you are craving by what you buy. Today Nikki bought her 3rd pair of flip flops, and I bought my 115th movie. :) Well I think I want to sit down and watch a movie. That is my guess from what I have bought. 90 something movies are disney movies. You name it, we got it, except for The Lion King. We spent $30 on the lot of the disney, so hopefully they work. We then bought 20 other shows that we havent seen. They are less than a dollar here, so hopefully they are alright, and babies dont cry through the show. They were pirated. We have also bought many cookware that we thought were cool that they have here. (I can hardly think I am sooooo hot sitting here. We try to always be moving, because we can stay cooler that way, because the air will blow on us then.) We also have had the icecream crave here in Ho Chi Minh City, so in a couple hours we are going out for our 3rd icecream today. It is too hot, and something like that is needed.
In general, most things that we have in Canada are in Vienam and Cambodia, though not quite as much in Cambodia. We only do this once, so why try and save money by not doing things? Mind you though, we are already planning on going to Burma, Cambodia, and maybe Laos on our next trip, even if it is not going to happen for a while. We have sure fallen in love with Cambodia and its people. It is very slow pace and the people are extremely kind. We had a conversation with a lady a couple days ago and she invited us back to her farm so she could sit and talk again, with a transulator of course, and she could then feed us mangos and other fruit, if we go during their seasons.
So pretty much we have wandered around all day trying to kill time and save money.... We might go to a movie tonight at the cineplex. And maybe see if we can develop some of our pictures, and or go swimming (we did try to find the roman baths, but just ended up wandering through the park and not seeing anything except for lots of lovers...). Maybe we might even go out for ice cream a 3rd and 4th time :). Who knows, all I know is I can't sit at this computer much longer, it is too hot.
Next time you hear from us will hopefully be face to face! Astalavista! Take care and tune in next time!!!! I guess we might be able to let you know if and when we land safely. Adios!

2 comments:

smcmullin said...

Guys, this blog is awesome! I hadn't read for a while and it was a lot of fun to read and see the pictures. I'm excited to see you soon!

Heather Leigh Cameron said...

Sounds like an exciting trip!

Oh, for future reference, the partially hatched duck egg is called Balut...

Balut is a common in, of course, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.....

Oh, if you are wondering where I learned this, the castaways had to eat balut for an Reward Challenge on Survivor: Palau. This took place when Ulong was down to just Bobby Jon and Stephenie and Koror was at 8 (Koror lost a member at a mandatory double TC!) It was Koror's Tom and Ian vs. Bobby Jon and Stephenie.....Despite the best efforts of Bobby Jon, Tom was able to eat five Balut quicker, and Koror won....