1/10/12
1922 (localtime)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Written in: Some town
near Vinh Thanh, Vietnam. Listening to Black Sabbath.
Wow, another huge day of
riding, unfortunately we didn’t get to where we needed to be because it got to
dark, but we made it to a hotel and we are all trying to dry our clothes for a
big day of riding tomorrow.
I arrived into Ho Chi
Minh on the 27th of September at about 12pm local time, which is the
best time to arrive, the city is in full swing!
I had organised my visa
before hand, but I still had to pay my $US25, I collected my bag and then headed
outside to catch the local bus.
I woke the driver
up and hassled for a price 8,000dong which is just under 50cents. I was going
to love this country. I met this Spanish guy called Agustin on the bus who had
the same plan as I did! We were going to buy a motorbike and drive through
Vietnam.
That day we just
cruised around the lovely city and had some AMAZING FOOD! And the great thing
was, that it only cost about $2AUD! PERFECT!
That night we
settled at a local bar type place, and enjoyed several beers at the price of
50cents… pretty dangerous I reckon… but tomorrow we were planning on checking
out the Remnants of War Museum!!
Cant wait.
Till next time
Steve
28th of
September -
We left our lovely hotel to
go and check out the Vietnam War Museum but on the way we watched an indoor
soccer match sponsored by Tiger beer which was great fun to watch.
After the indoor
soccer we visited the Cho Ben Thanh Market where I bumped into to Peter
‘Spider’ Everett, professional AFL Ruckman who played for Hawks! I was star
struck!
We finally arrived
to the War Remnants Museum and as you can imagine it is all about the Vietnam
War. Like always I had a small understanding of what happened in the Vietnam
war against the Communists and the Democrats or South Vietnam Vs North Vietnam
or more realistic, America vs Vietnam, but I didn’t realise how gruesome it
was.
The museum was
fantastic, lots of different relics and what now, but some of the rooms and
exhibits I had to walk out because it was way to gory for my liking.
It was a horror
show, but a real eye opener, now I’m watching an American 6 Part Documentary on
the Vietnam to get a different perspective on what happened… Obviously I have
to filter out the American bullshit, but it’s still very interesting.
We left the museum
and grabbed some more AMAZING food and headed back to the hotel but on the way
we were looking for some bikes to buy.
We looked a few,
and it seemed like the average price was $300AUD.
Not much else
happened that day, more great food and a few cheeky beers and we took ourselves
off to bed.
Tomorrow, the HAWKS
WERE PLAYING IN THE GRAND FINAL.
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| Ahh i miss some good ol Saigon Beer! Really tasty banter legend juice! |
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| One of the many small ally ways in Saigon! |
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| the crazy indoor soccer game! |
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| a government building in Saigon! |
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| Outside the War museum! |
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| Not the best photo, but we have Tyler on the Left and Argu my Spanish Com-padre! on the right! |
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