Monday, a cruising day on our way to Saigon.
Brunch was a fine catered dim sum event. Dinner, not pictured, was Raj based, both cuisines. Also quite good.
Tuesday Oct 22. Did not rain as forecasted. Hot and humid of course.
Morning and mid-afternoon tour as arranged by M. Private tour, just the four of us.
Flower market tour.
Honda, meaning all motorbikes, spare parts tour. Interesting section of the town. One could build a full motorbike from the parts being displayed.
Wholesale (and retail ) market of almost everything. Two story, crowded, motor bikes going between isles 3 feet wide, motor bikes, people and vendors delivering goods.
Politics discussion: Started with a question I asked: How do the locals feel about HK, pro-Beijing or pro-HK. Very much the latter. Then the guide mentioned that Obama got an enormous and friendly welcome. Large crowds. As did Clinton. So I asked about if Trump showed up- no one would come to see. When Xi came there were unfriendly protests and banners.
Outstanding lunch, one of the best. The kind that would be $150 a person in Palo Alto. Menu and food pictures in the link of the days pictures.
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Cyclo ride around the Colonial area. To Notre Dame, the Post Office, the Opera. After this all too tired for even coffee so back to the boat.
Gigantic white buffet. Everyone dresses in white and eats enough food for an army. Actually quite well done with multiple cuisines. I had soft shelled crabs, sashimi, tuna, dragon fruit pomelos jackfruit etc.
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Guide said govt does not allow folks to build their own moto.
I lost track… was the peking duck served on board or onshore?
Have not heard of a white buffet before, but it sounds like an opportunity for visible food stains…
The Peking duck was part of the large dim sum on the boat.
Had not heard of the white buffet either Michelle knew about it of course. took over the entire pool and deck area had Vietnamese dancing and then later regular dancing enough food as I said for all 650 people on boat to be eating anything they would like many times all sitting around on white tablecloth tables quite an affair. Some of us could not eat because we ate so much for lunch.