The last segment of our trip is about to begin. We had a lazy morning packing, eating, getting caught up on the blog, and resting.
Then we headed to the airport, two people short. Yesterday, for the second time on this trip, Hal from CA became extremely ill. He went back to the hotel from Angkor Wat, but worsened and the manager of the hotel took him to the hospital. He has a parasite, and he and his wife will join us tomorrow (maybe) in Vietnam. It's what we buy travel insurance for!
The day was normal and uneventful for a travel day. We all headed to the airport, boarded the plane, flew for 1.5 hours to get from Siem Reap to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), went through customs (we're getting really good at this!), got our luggage which was then loaded on the bus, and then we did a brief orientation tour of one section of the city before we were taken out for dinner. We ate, then headed back to the hotel to check into our rooms. Nice hotel, but people here smoke. . . . Fortunately, the rooms were okay (meaning no smoke smell).
Main mode of transportation in Saigon is motorcycles (sort of an understatement). The right two lanes of most every large street were reserved for motorcycles, and the major highways had two large motorcycle lanes separated from the car lanes by a bern. Sometimes -- 4-5 people on one motorcycle, and people wearing green jackets were motorcycles "Uber" drivers. You could flag one down, negotiate a price, hop on with a provided helmet, and the driver would take you where you wanted to go.
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| a motorcycle parking lot |
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| motorcycle parking in front of stores |
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| lots of masks (most people), and it was rare to see a biker without a helmet |
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| large packages! |
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| yes, this is a motorcycle. |
We unpacked. Washed clothes for probably the last time, caught up on email, and went to sleep.
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