August 24, 2014
Our last few days in Cambodia were a bit harrowing due to some really tough situations arising in the village and a really big night in a really wacky border town. We were SO pleased by Vietnam from the moment we arrived. People are helpful, the streets are clean, the place even smells nice.
We have been staying at Spring House Guesthouse which we HIGHLY recommend. We got a VERY clean, nicely put together room with a double bed, flatscreen TV, mini fridge, AC, hot water, and it's quiet and safe for $18.
We dropped our baggage and hit the streets, attitudes a hundred times better.
There's Banh Mi (Vietnamese sandwich) stands on every corner, pho restaurants on every-other block, the street-food vendors have their meats in covered containers and actually USE soap to wash their dishes- it's like heaven. One can eat very well for $1.50 - $3 per meal.
We both have a guilt-filled love affair with Vietnam.
Chris had a banh mi sandwich and two bowls of pho for dinner on the first night.
8/25/14- We woke up happy to be in Vietnam and walked around town quite a bit, stopping periodically for delicious Vietnamese food. We visited the War Remnants Museum, a passionately anti-US account of the "American War" (and who could blame them?) which housed some US military equipment and many photos and stories.
I suppose it's interesting to see the American military stuff as a Vetnamese person, but, having seen it all before, I was sad to find no Viet Cong equipment. There was, however, a very cool exhibit with anti-war posters from all around the world.
There were some really cool photojournalism exhibits...
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