I wasn’t entirely sure if they
would be able to sort it out for us anyway, but I gave the woman our
requirements and she tapped it into the computer. We waited. And we waited some
more. She said that it might take another 5 minutes or so to come back with a
price, so we smiled and waited some more. It didn’t look like James was having
a good time, and maybe we should put the afternoon exploration on hold and get
back to the hotel so he could sleep it off. We had found a flight to Kathmandu online
for just over £200 so we were hoping that the STA computer would come back
sub-200. When she wrote down the price I gulped and knew we would be booking
online. Some $600 each for the tickets, that wasn’t gonna happen. But we
thanked her for her time anyway and went on our way.
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| The park near our hotel......nice! |
Our way, as it turned out, was
back to the Ha My 3 so that James could get rid of the possible migraine that
had been developing that morning. As it was pretty much lunchtime and I had
only nibbled on some Pringles I munched on a few more supplies while watching a
video on my iPod, with the lights dimmed so James could get some shut-eye. As I
lay there on the bed I felt my eyes closing, but I would fight it, as I was
gonna head out for a wander on my own. Next thing I know it’s gone 4:00pm and
James is still fast asleep. It felt like a bit of a waste of an afternoon but I
think we just needed some decent catch-up sleep.
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| Dodging the evening traffic!! |
That evening we headed down to
the “Khao San Road” of Saigon, where we had found the Sports Bar. There were
plenty of good eateries down there so we found a busy one without plastic
furniture and ordered some grub. There was a good deal on the Tiger beer, which
is something that we hadn’t had for a long time since the local tipples seemed
to be the cheapest (and most intoxicating) way to go. We had a “thought shower”
on the screenplay that we have thought up, and got a few good ideas down, but
it still needs a lot of work.
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| Sponsored by Tiger beer... |
On the walk home we took a
small diversion to wander through the night market – basically the same place
as the market in the day, but it was at night. There was the usual stuff on
offer, but as we had been purchasing things along the way our bags are getting
more packed and much heavier, so we are having to slow down our impulse buys. The
one thing we were on the lookout for
was a feathered kicky thing that everyone seems to play with in the park. You
all stand round in a circle and it’s basically just keepy-uppy between the
group, and both me and James were keen for a game. Maybe it was the lack of
football, or the desire to try new things on our travels, but we didn’t get one
in the end, nor did we get a Saigon t-shirt or a multi-coloured lampshade. But
hopefully we would have another chance before we left the city.
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| James bartering with young girls...again |
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