Ho Chi Minh Square
November 9th, 2024
After checking into our hotel we went and walked around a little. Right next to the hotel is the Opera House, built by the French when they occupied Vietnam. It is adjacent to Ho Chi Minh Square where a statue of Ho Chi Minh stands in front of City Hall. I struggled with trying to get a picture, there were a lot of people doing selfie-productions and I was hungry, and wanted to eat.
I noticed that most of the people in Ho Chi Minh still use motorbikes, but I thought there were more cars on the road compared to the previous time I had gone there. I would never drive in Ho Chi Minh, the way traffic moves is very different from the US. We continued to navigate our way to a restaurant our guide had recommended called Nha Hang.
Between us, we ordered three dishes and I had two tiger beers. I took a picture of the first dish but we were so hungry and the food looked so good, I forgot to take pictures of anything else! My favorite part? The bill comes and it is 580,000 VND. I pull up the currency converter app thinking I will never get used things costing hundreds of thousands but am pleasantly surprised when I see that in US dollars, it is $22.80.
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