Saigon Day 1

My first time on Tiger Airways.

I am on a 1 and a half hours flight to Saigon

After 1 and a half hours hubhubie and I reached Saigon ( Ho Chin Minh City )

We are waiting for our Vietnamese friend Ron to pick us up at the airport

We board the meter Taxi at the airport,

traffic is a killer in Saigon.

16,000 Dong = SGD $1.60

Cab in Saigon is dirt cheap man !!!!

On call cab in Saigon is free on charge,

the best thing, the meter does not jump when the cab is not moving.

Motorcycle is the main stream of transport in Saigon.

In Saigon,

there is no pedestrian crossing,

the main skill for that,

Just walk across the road no matter how crowded the road,

vehicles will " Siam " you instead.

Honking by cars in Saigon is not like Singapore.

Honking are just signs of warning,

they dont mean to be rude.

The drivers will start to press on their honk when they approach junctions to warn other drivers that they are approaching. In many areas, there are no traffic lights.

After checking into our Hotel @ SGD$13.00 per night, Ron brought us to this theater for dance and modern ballet dance.

Modern ballet dance at the Theatre @ SGD $ 30.00

Hubhubie and I looks like little fans
After the dance performance, Ron brought us to the streetside hawker aka Newton circle in Singapore.

We had tons on seafood there, hubhubie and I play the boss and supper cost less than 40 SGD

We had beef, fried rice, ample of shell fish of all kinds, we had a total of more than 8 dishes and a carton of Saigon beer.

By the way, beer only cost SGD$1.50

They uses safety pins as toothpicks, look so dangerous.