My family and I spent 4 days in Ho Chi Minh City. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and plan to go back. Lady Inspiration came back with me so I'll be sitting down to make some new designs. I will only start work on orders next week. In the meantime, here are some photos of our trip.
The first thing that greeted us was the thousands of motorcycles on the road. This is the normal mode of transportation for the people. Some motorcycles had 2 adults and 2 children on it! Weaving in and out of traffic takes a cyclist with nerves of steel!
We saw people carrying fridges, glass panels, doors and this man carrying steel bars!
In Ho Chi Minh City, the power cables are external. We saw this man laying more cables!
More cables...
At the crossroads where the cables seem to be a mess.
We saw a lot of street vendors who were working really hard trying to sell their wares.
Street food stores are very common.
The locals everywhere seemed to be sitting on the sides of the streets eating their lunches and dinners, oblivious to the traffic and smog around them.
Ho Chi Minh City has some French influence so some of their older buildings are distinctly different. Here's the Central Post Office. Really quite beautiful.
Our tour of the Mekong Delta. This was the suspension bridge we had to cross to go on land for our orchard and factory tour.
At the honey farm.
We rode on the pony and buggy to get to our cultural destination where we listened to traditional southern Vietnam music and tasted their tropical fruits grown on the farm.
A street vendor peeling fresh lotus seeds from the pods.
Cheng Nam and Cecilia, our very hospitable and gracious hosts during our stay.
Goodbye, Ho Chi Minh City!
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