Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Good Morning Vietnam

Just overhearing a man saying "there is no f***ing way i'm crossing this road" reminded us when we first landed in Ho Chi Minh City. Having thousands of little motorbikes coming at you from all directions with seamingly no regard for law or order can be quite scary at first, but once you have crossed the road you realise that from chaos comes calm. Just like swimming, you relax and let the traffic move around you. If you let it, it can be quite zen.

After the shock of our first impressions wore off (hot, humid, noisy and chaotic) we started to really enjoy Saigon. There is really nice energy about the place. We settled into the heat, got used to riding motorbike taxis and Nina went Asian using an umbrella as a sun guard. We spent couple of days getting the feel of history while visiting the bizarre Reunification Palace (where the 'Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh' song got into our heads and will probably stay with us for quite awhile :)), pretty Hotel De Ville, the gruesome War Reminance museum...

Going out in Saigon is quite nice. There are plenty of nice bars and restaurants where they serve great food. We went for Vietnamese BBQ where they bring fire to your table and you cook your meat (crock, ostrich, beef...) yourself. That evening we ended in a proper slav holiday tradition "na terasi" (hotel roof) watching the kids cruising, chatting and romancing. It was sunday night and that is the night to go out.

2 Comments:

dani said...

Hi and hallo,
This is very nice for me to read, a nice writening !!
I have just heard from Nina at the gchat, and figure out that you two still has this blog. So, I"ll sand you a greatings from Croatia where the heats hurts as well ( maybe a litlle be less ):)and hope you two has a nice time there in between ancient Vedic arhitecture and the rest of civilization :) be happy
Dani

August 03, 2007 12:59 PM  
vujovic-white said...

hey - glad you like it as we love writting it :)
we are having lots of fun travelling and love almost everything about it, architecture, people, culture...
spk to you soon, n&r

August 04, 2007 2:25 PM  

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