First Impressions of Ho Chi Minh City

So it is officially Day 1, we are doing some cultural visits today and sampling the local cuisine for lunch and dinner today. Although we were all pretty wiped from traveling about 20 hours yesterday a few of us ventured out to the Rooftop Garden Bar at the Rex Hotel. It was still so hot and humid last night but it was nice to sit outside after being in planes and airports all day.



View from the Rooftop Garden Bar at the Rex Hotel

 I'm not quite sure what I expected the city to look like but it is definitely interesting. It was dark as we made our way to the hotel so I'm sure today I will get a better perspective. Although there are lots of cars the main transportation is motorbikes and we saw some full families of four, with babies on one bike. The picture below is a just a small sample, more to come.



Small selection of the motor bikes in the city

I'm looking forward to getting a good look at the city in the daytime today. I will post about all of our visits later today. An unexpected treat in our rooms last night when we checked was a sampling of local fruit. Apparently we will be receiving a fruit of the day to try. It was really good and looked almost like a white kiwi fruit inside. Can't wait to see what today's fruit is.




Local Vietnamese Dragonfruit