Our hotel included breakfast so fairly early in the morning we made our way down and were more than a little disappointed that there was hardly ANYTHING left...sad.
Shaking off our disappointment, we packed up and tried to find the famed Ben Thanh Market and Saigon Square markets! We ended up getting off-track and during our interlude we were shocked to see a motorbike cyclist snatch a bag off of another tourists shoulder! It happened about 10 feet from us and after that we were sure to keep our bags on both shoulders...it was easily the scariest thing we saw during our whole trip!
We arrived at the Saigon Square Shopping square and after about 10 minutes of soft browsing (baby clothing and purses) we realized we were both starving and stopped at Pho 2000 for lunch.
Beef Pho with 333 beer
Veggie Pho with 333 beer
Bill ate at the same place as us!
We tackled more shopping after eating and after our wandering we found these sweet public exercise machines!
As we approached the Ben Thanh market I was shocked when a security guard pulled me aside by the elbow and pointed to my necklace (a fake-gold Chinese fan on a fake gold chain) and mimed someone pulling the chain off my neck...I quickly took it off and with that he welcomed us into the chaos. The market just mostly like the other markets we had seen in Asia (cluttered stalls one after the other) but this one had a distinct fish-y odor. As we squeezed through the hallways different vendors were actually grabbing and pulling us as we walked by! Eeks!
Ben Thanh Square! It's Hot!!
Before heading back to the hotel we stopped in a Travel shop and booked a half-day tour of Cu Chi Tunnels for $20! After a hard day of shopping we found a great place to eat called 4 P's...which was down a slightly scary alley but had delicious pizza made by a Japanese chef!
Ate at the bar and had a fantastic 2 drink time!
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