Saigon

DSCN0872, a photo by Heather April on Flickr.

I had a long travel day today to get from Hoi Ann to Saigon. Our flight was delayed one hour and that left us in the airport an extra hour. Saigon seems overwhelming to me and I only just got here. I am really not a cosmopolitan city kind of girl. While I love culture and being near things to do, I also like a slower pace. To me, Saigon is like New York City..a place I don't really even care to visit. Okay, perhaps one day I will see a Broadway play. I am just not big on urban sprawl.

As the kids say, its "balls hot" and "cray" here haha Kids! What they mean is the streets are wild and its crazy hot. 90 daytime and 80 night time with that high humidity dirty urban dew in the air. Is it Friday yet? I might actually want to go home after spending a week in this city. Our hotel is old and not the nicest we have stayed in. No washcloths or Kleenex were provided and the bathroom has no vent. There is no pool here either which is quite depressing since we are staying the longest at this hotel, a full five days.

Oh well, tomorrow we have some cultural sight seeing as well as some free time. Bye for now!

P.S. I haven't blogged this in detail but prostitution is rampant in this country, from massage parlors to the street corners. Scary.