oh yeah baby... day one in ho chi min city and it has been a blast... we got awoken to the reality of a third world nation... seeing the wierdest of all kinds and the SUPERBLY GREAT offerings this lovely nation has to offer...
i must say the traffic for one is a total chaos here... bikes filter the roads by the millions and cars just barge their way through horning out for those little two wheelers to make way... the bikes just come form all directions and i mean literally... there is no sense of traffic laws in this country... they say the safest way to cross the road is to close your eyes... i totally agree the traffic is so scary here... you get on coming traffic and traffic from all direction... one second of hesitation could mean you ending up in a hospital... but i must say they travel quite slow so it aint too bad... hey i mean the only law they follow is the speed limit... they all travel not much faster than 30km/h so ya... the traffic is really a tourist attraction in itself...
ok now i was saying that i saw some wierd things here in vietnam... well lets just let the pictures speak for themselves... take a look...
see guys here you see a normal house under demolition or renovation right...
now you see this... yea same block... and guess what normal construction site has turned into an abnormal live in home... this just goes to show the poverty level down here... according to people the basic annual salary of a normal family in vietnam is only a mere 400 us dollars... on a 'big' outting a family of three in one whole day spends about 6 us dollars.. amazing isnt it... a real eye opener...
then we have the extreme upper class... in vietnam there are only two classes... really down right low class or the upper of the upper class... and my goodness are they rich... even the houses here are bigger and nicer than those back home... hey take a look at this... a little minor detail in the house speaks for itself... the TOILET BOWL...
ladies and gentleman this new aged toilet encompasses the luxuries of outter terrestial proportions... buy this now and this new aged toilet bowl comes with a control panel to the right to only essentuate heavenly comfort... together with built in heater to warm up those little bottoms and a calm yet cooling spray to wash every little dirty crack in your body... if that is not enough this nifty remote cathers for both women and men both available at the tap of a button...
well away from all that... i am enjoying life here in this little cosy house my dad has got... we went to siagon square today and we got some really good deals for timberland shoes... purchasing them at 90 sing ( usual price 180 sing)... bought some cool korean dramas to relax at home...
want to know what the food is like eh??? knew it... everything is about food isnt it... well.. lets just say there is no such thing of live seafood restraunts in vietnam... because the only time a fish or prawn is dead is when it is about to be merinated... so ya... and for dinner we had ribs where the meat just seems to melt off the bone and angus beef which just seemed to have this red band that ran through the middle with it only calling out a pleasant treat to any taste bud... and guess how much 320gms of angus beef plus one whole rack of pork ribs plus juices and 4 bottles of beer cost... what would normally be 150 bucks cost only 40 wooot... this place rox... highly recommended... dun worry ill try and post everyday... see ya...
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