But on Friday, we ventured out to see the sights. First on our list was the Reunification Palace:
For the low, low price of 15,000 dong (approx. $1) we got a guided tour of the entire palace, including the game room (with its moh jong table) and the bomb shelter. Unfortunately, for no added cost, we also got an extremely irritating girl who flirted with our guide part of the time and neglected to pay attention the rest of the time, so the poor guy had to repeat himself. But then she gave him her cell phone to play mah jong on, so maybe it was ok...
We decided to stop for lunch at a place that our hosts had recommended: Pho 2000. Apparently, it is highly recommended by a lot of people, as there was a photo of President Clinton eating there during his 1999 visit. Who knew we were so cool?
That evening we couldn't hold out any longer (ok, I couldn't) and we stopped at Cantina, a Mexican restaurant run by a Californian. I have to say, the chips were delicious, the choice of salsas not bad and my burrito was pretty good too. Oh, and the margaritas were excellent :) However, it was no Los Jerritos, so I'll be making a stop there (almost) as soon as I get home!
Saturday, we visited the War Remnants Museum. There was an exhibit on war photographers who had been killed while reporting, malformed fetuses due to Agent Orange exposure on display and "tiger cages" (where prisoners were kept) that you could walk through. Not fun.
We tried to lighten the mood that evening with a water puppet show. The show itself was highly entertaining. I tried to take lots of pictures, but the lighting wasn't the greatest:
The rest of our time in HCMC was spent wandering around, bargaining over pearls and fake Rolexes and maybe getting pampered a little bit at the spa... It was a nice mix of sight-seeing and relaxing. Ya know, to better prepare us for Rai Lay and Kata, which would be ALL relaxing!
3 comments:
Los Jerritos??
I have taught you better. HAR-ittos. But the H is a J. So:
Los Jarritos.
:)
I Loooooovvvve you. And I love me some underwater puppets. That's pretty cool!!
F
PS are you home yet?
Frank - I think it is not Los Jarritos anymore. While it may have been Los Jarritos pre-Kristen and Jen's Big Adventure, it's not any more. Didn't you hear? Kristen is now Mrs. Jerry. Therefore, it makes utmost sense that it is now Los JERRitos. On another note, you come back in less than a week! And I fully expect you both to be wearing watches that say "BOLEX"
Ok, I'm sure someone's got to think it's weird that some AMERICA opened up a MEXICAN resturant in VIETNAM. anyone? anyone?
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