Back to Saigon

The drive back is fairly long, only because the speed limit is not very high, probably about 50 at most. Driving in VN is kind of scary, there are a mix of moped and trucks and not so many passenger cars. A lot of the roads are two lane, not much median, and the traffic is pretty busy.

It's amazing how kids can fall asleep in any wierd position, here she's half on the seat. And there's no seatbelt laws in VN. So people tend to take the seatbelts out, or push them under the seats. We brought a booster seat, but it really only helps her see out the window. It's good that the average speed is lower, since that makes the impact less forceful.

Dried seafood

Rice paddies

Dragonfruit plants

Mom loves her foods.

Bathroom

Another bathroom

So the bathrooms on this little trip are pretty typical places. They use squat toilets, with a bucket of water for cleaning and flushing. No toilet paper, you take the scoop, wash yourself with your other hand and then dump water down the bowl to flush it. I'm not sure if people wash their hands afterwards at the sinks with soap.

Back in Ho Chi Minh City, we loved that you could buy random foods right outside the front door. Merchants would walk around calling what they were selling, and you just went out and bought it. Some were fairly regular, like the bakery man. Also, there was a woman in the neighborhood who sold Pho from her house, so if you wanted Pho for breakfast, you just send one of the kids over with your order, and a few minutes later you'd have hot Pho at your door. The relatives we stayed with hardly had to cook at all.