Having left Hanoi, Noel Horton and I flew to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) for 5 days. What a different sense of things there. The weather was much warmer, the sky was generally clear and sunny, the roads were generally wider and better, and there was a sense that the economy is much better than Hanoi.
We visited some friends there, particularly our friend Kim Ngan who is an unofficially adopted daughter :) It was so good to spend time with her and her cousin Quan Anh as well as some other friends: Mandy and Ryan and Kok Kee, who I met some years ago in Malaysia.
One of the highlights was time spent at the hometown of Kim Ngan where her family owns some rice fields. Beautiful to see the fields and take a long walk through the town and into the countryside to get there... :)
Too soon Noel and I had to fly back to Hanoi. I have stayed on for a few days here in Hanoi, and Noel has flown back to Mongolia. I plan to fly back home to Mongolia on Friday.
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| Noel Horton, Quan Anh, Kim Ngan and me |
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| Quan Anh and Kim Ngan took us up on a bridge one evening |
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| Nice view from the bridge |
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| Near the center of Saigon |
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| The night market... watch out for motorbikes!! |
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| The Catholic church in the center of the city |
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| The place where Kim Ngan works |
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| A man expertly cutting and trimming a coconut |
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| Noel, Sothea, Kim Ngan and me |
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| Some school girls |
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| Mandy and Ryan with me |
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| Noel, Kok Kee and me |
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| Young girl with a colorful facemask |
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| We crossed over a river by ferry... packed with motorbikes! |
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| Most students wear uniforms to school |
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| One of Kim Ngan's uncles who is constructing a new home for the family |
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| Kim Ngan with her hats :) |
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| Kim Ngan as we walked to her rice fields |
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| Me with Kim Ngan's rice field behind me |
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| Beautiful!! |
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| The house Kim Ngan's uncle is building for the family |
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| View from the ferry in the evening as we headed back to Saigon |
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