Wednesday, March 4, 2009

March 3 Ben Tre to HCMC



We started the day off with a bike ride before breakfast. At 7:15 the village was hopping with everybody either breakfasting or their way to work. Apparently the markets start up between 6 and 6:30 so that people can eat at the market or buy their food for breakfast.
We were back before 8:00 and then we set of for HCMC by minivan bus. The more affluent take the minibus because it’s air-conditioned. They are popular and we were packed in tightly. There were 17 of us in a van that would hold 11 in North America. Good thing I just had a shower.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Tim and Joan: well here you go again. Beautiful pictures, good writing, interesting subject matter. You get an A..when you wrote about the bike problems, I was thinking.....oh no! here he goes again. Take care and keep on enjoying. Love, Cousin Sharron and Frank

Anonymous said...

Hi Joan and Tim; You are getting your excercise and will be in great shape to start walking Joan. If the snow ever melts. The photos are great and the holiday sounds soo interesting. Keep on biking. Sharon

Anonymous said...

How are you enjoying the cycling Joan? Now I want you to smile next time Tim takes a picture of you on your Drahtesel.
Tim