Today was our first full day in Ho Chi Minh City again on this trip, and the weather almost held out for the whole day! It was humid and sticky, just like I remembered every day in Singapore feeling. There was some light drizzle later in the afternoon and into the early evening, but it brought a refreshing, cool change which was beautiful. I think the Little River Band did a song about that. I wish I had kept a travel journal for our first Vietnam trip which we took last year, because I’d love to refer back to some of my earlier thoughts about it. That last trip was longer, and we went to Hanoi and Da Lat as well. Hanoi was steeped in history, traditional culture, and frankly the best food I think I’ve ever had. Ho Chi Minh City by contrast is Vietnam’s cosmopolitain centre. It has the best Vietnam has to offer, alongside Japanese, Korean, Thai, Malaysian, French…! Case in point, we started today trying to find a specific coffee shop, but we ended up at a branch of KOI Thé in the…
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