Idioms and the tailor

Mr. Lovely’s idioms included the inspiration that he would say ‘Rise and Shine’ after the four hour bus ride. He also talked about the nepotism in his family run business, just like the former president of Vietnam. He was riddled with idioms but our memories fail. Dawna did suggest to him that he could say that the local pig that was the 'real money maker' at the noodle factory really ‘brought home the bacon’…he was not impressed and told us that he already knew about that one.








On Friday, we went to the disturbing ‘War Remnants Museum’. It was pretty graphic, included was quite a good photo exhibit about Vietnam photojournalists. The museum itself was pretty insubstantial. So we moved on…next stop was the Reunification Palace. It was just fascinating in that it was totally a ‘60’s building architecturally, furnishings, there was even a framed Hair poster in the gambling room. It had a nice tawdry feel. but was redeemed by a really cool fourth floor roof top dancing area where you could just step out to the helicopter landing pad that included a US Air Force chopper. Finally, we headed to the basement bunker, which was equally bizarre with numerous coloured rotary dial phones and ancient looking communication telex machines and an austere bed and side table for the president. So that was cool.




There is also a fairly lovely post office which was just bustling with activity. There were even folks there seated at writing desks composing their missives home.

Waiting now for the delayed Air Canada flight home. Project a huge success and now for the pain of the evaluation report- oh yeah also there is the exam for school that we both have to write. The real work strikes fast and furious.

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Unless we are missing something there really wasn’t much else going on in Ho Chi Minh. We went to the local market and we are pretty marketed out…we didn’t buy a thing. We did stop at a tailors at the beginning of the trip and each had some custom made clothes to pick up.