Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Day 28: Saigon (Thursday, July 24)

Thursday was a day of travel for us. We departed Phu Quoc in the morning to fly back to Saigon. We missed it during our first stay in Saigon, so we went over to Quan An Ngon for lunch. This casual place across from the Reunification Palace is essentially street food brought indoors. The menu is all encompassing for Vietnamese street food; and there are people all around the edge of the restaurant that prepare the food. It was delicious and cheap.

We walked the streets of Saigon one last time to check out a few last stores, and then we retreived all of our luggage from the Sheraton to go to the airport and fly to Hong Kong. Rush hour traffic in Saigon was truly a sight to behold, and I think we had the greatest cab driver ever. He had an SUV, but it didn't stop him from driving like he was on a motorbike. It was actually very impressive, and he got us there in record time. Along the way, I snapped this picture of the road conditions.

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