Tai Chi Vietnam Style

5am the alarm clock woke us up. We had been offered the chance to join the locals for their daily Tai Chi class. What a great opportunity, even at 5am. We were surprised to see lots of people at the park and when we arrived the Tai Class was underway. Cautiously, we watched for a while before joining in. After we had completed our Tai Chi it was dance time again, so we got ourselves dragged into a dance lesson too! Next was a well deserved bowl of noodle soup.

After taking a short nap we caught the bus into the centre to do a spot of sightseeing. Our phone map was marked with all of the things to see in Ho Ch Minh.

First stop was KFC for a strawberry sundae before visiting; the fancy post office built by the French, the war museum, independence palace, opera house and the Tuborg (beer) promotion area! We actually stumbled on the latter. We were invited to play a game and we could win a prize. The music they were playing was pretty loud to attract customers. We were the only people there and registered to take part. All we had to do was enter our names on an iPad and place our palm on the screen. At first it don't work so we tried again after the staff fiddles with the IT. There was a huge countdown and ...

We won nothing but were given a free beer and a pack of snacks each. We had our photos taken by the professional photographer and watched the Tuborg girls posing for the camera. It was good fun.

We continued to walk along the river and found a ferry bus that travelled up and down the river. We bought tickets and whilst we were waiting ate some tasty street food. Eventually we boarded, took our seats and off we went. It started to rain but we were inside so it didn't matter. It soon stopped and we had great views of Landmark 81, a huge building with you guessed it - 81 floors!

Trying to find a bus stop took a little while due to the huge dual carriageway but eventually we caught the 150 most of the way home before we walked the final 2km.

Eating tonight involved Vietnamese pancakes and lots of talking to small children who wanted to practise their English. They were sweet enough to give us a baby orange each!