After 40+ hours of travel Klaus and I finally reached Ho Chi Minh City =). The plus side of getting in exhausted at 2am local time is the jet lag and time adjustment went quite smoothly.
I’ve pretty much eaten my way through the past few days of orientation. Basically it is breakfast of noodle soup (I’m not quite use to a salty broth in the AM yet), a smoothie at the cafe and then lunch. Lunch is an interesting culinary venture with stops including wild boar, flower buds, rice in clay pots that get tossed in the air, smashed on the ceiling and the contents spun through the air then miraculously landing on plates, as well as interactive grill it yourself tables. After lunch its time to beat the heat with another café trip. Since you are famished from the daily activities naturally dinner is in order. Dinner is slightly less crazy - whole fish, squid, various forms of chicken, rice noodles, etc. Oh, also I failed to mention the eating style – all dishes are communal and shared at the center of the table = so much more fun!!
Thrown in the day are also some trips to the local market, walks around town, visits with the US consulate and a health briefing about all the wonderful ways to die (mostly via mosquitoes). Also, I’ve begun to master the all-important skill of crossing a street with no cross walks, traffic lights or apparent street rules. The trick is just start walking and hope the motorbikes all zoom around you. So far no collisions yet.
Tomorrow I leave Ho Chi Minh City for Can Tho. I am excited to get out of the city and for a chance to start running again to counteract the excessive food consumption =p.
PS I promise to get some photos of Klaus soon.
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