Monday, 25 March 2013 at 01:37 .
...in Ho Chi Minh City with George... Lazy morning then eat street food with George and Tom...I have the staple pork and rice but it tastes like heaven with killer fish sauce and chilli. Then G & Tom take us to a wierd little cafe called the Princess and the Pig...up a back alley, four flights of stairs, take off our shoes and we sit on floor cushions in a little private area of the cafe. Free Vietnamese tea while the owner makes up our iced coffee and shakes. Free WiFi and we stay and chat through three free top ups of ice tea....brilliant.
Tom leaves for home and we visit the Reunification Palace with our new guide, G. It's a progressive 60's design..West meets East..the architect trained in France and it shows. To me, it's an elegant statement of power. Ngo Dinh Diem never saw his dream completed and his successor as South Vietnamese President, Nguyen Van Thieu used it until his flight in 1975. Fascinating bunker beneath the palace and the war operations area. The electronic communications equipment is a stark reminder of the almost unbelievable pace of change in this area. Of course, things changed when Ho Chi Minh's tank came crashing through the gates to end the war.
Sort out room in hotel opposite G's apartment and move across. Good room for 16 dollars a night...! Eat takeaway in G's flat as she doesn't feel brilliant....order lime chicken tacos on the 'net, text arrives one minute later, food arrives 20min later. Not Bad...and neither is the food.
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