Here at last in our newest new country, Vietnam. So far, so good, though about the first thing that happened to us was to be ripped off by a taxi driver. But the hotel fixed that up and made the guy return the extra cash. The dong is such a silly currency both in name and value. About one Australian dollar to twenty thousand Vietnamese dong. Sounds like it needs to be revalued. I woke up in our hotel in Singapore feeling much better about everything. It was so nice to be in a more luxurious hotel, to feel a little bit special. The buffet breakfast was rather lacking in local specialties, but it did have fruit. Then we crossed over to the local shopping area and Parkway shopping centre. The latter was only just waking up, so we were saved from doing much in the way of shopping. Noticed that it has a decent food centre at the basement for those afraid of the normal Singapore hawker centres. We certainly weren't afraid and ordered popiah, a so-so laksa and chicken rice. ...
The journal of a travel addict.