Entries Tagged as ‘HCMC’

July 18, 2006

day four in saigon:

These past ninety-six hours in this city has been quite exceptional, a little hot and humid, but enjoyable.  In my previous post, I mentioned I ate KFC for breakfast.  That was not the case these past 3 days.  Xoi vo, Hu Tieu Nam Vang, and I cannot really remember what else I’ve eaten sinceI’ve eaten much more [...]

July 17, 2006

Ho Chi Minh City

It seems quite surreal.  What to expect?  What to imagine?  Or perhaps expecting or imagining nothing at all.  I arrived here in HCMC at 10:30 PM yesterday, or 10:30 AM in Chicago.