ImagiNation

Miss Saigon

To begin with my room mate and I have not spoken or been around the Professor for a couple of days now. We have all kept our distance and the guys on the trip are making sure he doesn't come close to any of the females. So please don't worry.
It is actually August 8 here at 10:30 in the morning and in a few hours we are leaving Vietnam. I will be heading to Bangkok, Thailand to visit with my old room mate. And even with all that has happened I will miss this place. The night before last my room mate and I went out dancing and ended up hanging out with some Dutch guys, who oddly enough, were staying in the same hotel as us! We really had too much fun. The club wasn't too different from ours in the states, but one nice change is that the guys don't get all up on you while you are dancing. Speaking of polite guys- the Dutch were rather cool, unlike many American males you meet in bars or clubs, once they found out we weren't putting out they didn't turn into jerks or stop talking to us.
Ho Chi Minh City is really great. It has been nice to stay in one spot long enough to explore on it our own. I've started to do a bit of shopping, but am waiting to do the majority of it in Bangkok. Vietnam has kept out all Western fast food places with the exception of KFC- where we have eaten, strictly for scientific purposes only, of course. I ate at Pho 2000 yesterday (its whree Bill Clinton ate when he was here). I also had my ao dai (the tradtional Vietnamese dress) made yesterday, though I must admit it was not made as good of quality as the dress I had made in China.

posted by imagine @ 11:43 PM