Saigon/Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam

Hello city of motorbikes....traffic....and people harassing you every step you take.

sunglasses?
boom boom?(I did not really get asked that but the boys do if they walk down the right street. I mean, wrong street)
Massage?
Motor bike ride?
Book?
Peanuts?
It is never ending the thing these people are trying to sell you. We spent 3 nights in this city and I am not going to lie I was feeling a little tired but we tried to get some stuff done while we were there.  The problem we were running into was every historical site we tried to go see one day was closed between the hours we just happened to show up!

Night one- Getting in after the loooooooooong bus ride, finding the boys having a cold beer or two then getting some beauty rest.

Day/night 2- Danielle and I went out to see the sites of HCMC.  My favorite place was the Reunification Palace. You step inside and you have time traveled right back to the late 60's and 70's. Everything was left as is. It was the home and work place of the South Vietnam President during the war....very interesting place to see and learn about.

-We had a great lunch of fresh spring rolls
-Some walking around and taking in the bustling city
-I had some great Rachel time with a few glasses of red wine and my journal 
-We had a happy hour with the boys in the hotel, then I was just exhausted from a full day of walking around and sweating (whoo hoo the sun finally came to play!) I chose to have a few cocktails then hit the sack.

Day 3/Night 3
-I splurged ad got a Subway sandwich for uhh, um, breakfast :) 
-Skyped with some lovely people...mother dearest, Sir Bradley, and the SRS girls who where whoopin it up in Nashville
-Group trip to China Town where we went through busy markets and toured Ancient Pagodas..Chinese Temples and out to lunch.  I got Chicken and rice I got to pick of the bones and tear off the skin and a braver soul got the pigeon with a side of rice. Oh yes the head was still intact and on his plate in case you were wondering.  

It was a pretty chill few days in this crazy city. Taking in what we could and wanted.  The last night we watched movies and packed our bags because while it was Brian's turn to get his Indian visa in Vietnam....the 4 of us (Danni, Mike, Zach, and myself) were catching the early bus to our last stop in Vietnam....