Good morning, Vietnam!

Yesterday, Michelle and I made it into Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) after a seven hour bus ride from Cambodia. Most people have heard of Saigon, as it is the capital of Vietnam but some time ago the name was changed to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC for short). We found a guesthouse (the term is used losely) to stay at right across from a beautiful park. The room is on the second floor of a little clothing store and for the first time in over a week we had a HOT SHOWER (it's the little things that count!). Last night the park was holding it's week long holiday celebration with tons of lights, stages with different acts going on and of course, tons of food. Not sure exactly what all we ate, but some of the highlights included: grilled sweet potato pattie, fresh spring rolls (they are absolutely amazing here), ice cream (always my favorite), crocodile kabobs, sugar cane rice pattie, cotton candy, rambutan fruit (the spikey red fruit in the picture), and lastly...CRICKETS(taste kind of nutty and salty- not too bad)! Yes, just call us Andrew Zimmerman's apprentices! (for those who don't know, he travels the world and eats all the craziest food that you would never imagine eating.)

We also decided that there wasn't much reason to stay in HCMC for very long so we booked a bus ride to the Nha Trang, which is supposed to have some of the prettiest beaches in Vietnam. Our bus leaves tonight at 9pm and hopefully it will be fairly empty so we can each have our own set of seats to sleep in.