Shanghai said goodbye to me with a foggy and chilled night. I was impressed. It was almost beginning of June.
Walking along a river in Puxing part with a overview of The Bund was a nice experience, especially the night ended up with a German good dinner with my great team.
Even though there is a strong Chinese culture there, I still got myself western cuisine 
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Little grilled pork vendor. You will make your own spring rolls when sitting on a small plastic chair in the street. Around 10,000vnd/stick.
I spent more time exploring street food during my last month trip in Hoi An.
The food did not let me disappointed.
Yummy and cheap and fresh.
“Slap paper rice” dish. Bánh tráng đập. Simply crispy rice paper on top and back covered a fresh rice paper in the middle. Dip in a spicy soy sauce. Lots of peppers. Yes.
Oyster and crispy rice paper with spicy soy sauce. Fresh sea food. That amount can totally make you full.
One of many delicious desserts there is sweet corn soup – chè bắp. Just corn and sugar. Not too sweet. 5,000vnd/small bowl.
No clue for its English name. So good and fresh. Boiled with lemongrass and salt. Eating with spicy fish sauce. Spicy sauce is everywhere in Hoi An.
Chicken rice. Simple dish. Simple ingredients. Chickens, steamed rice with chicken stock. Herbs. Peppers. Papaya salad. Free tea. 20,000vnd/small plate and 40,000vnd/big plate. One of my favorite stall is 12 Phan Chu Trinh – cơm gà bà Buội.
Bánh căng – little Vietnamese pancakes made from rice flour. Eating with fresh vegetable and spicy fish sauce.
Oh well. I ate more than those. I can come back and check other dishes
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Right, like other Asian gals, I took photos of food I tried abroad. I had no idea about their names, something with beef, chicken, mushroom, fish and veggie with peanut sauce 
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My first orange sunset in Saigon. Different background. It reminded me of sunset on Mekong River.
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A week in Hoi An. Met. Saw. Felt.
Hoi An and its people. Friendly. Humble. Generous. Honest. Plus, working hard.
A father of two children having dinner alone at home.
A father of two children writing poems and journal at home.
A mother (no clue of how many children she has) selling her betels from her small garden in the street of Hoi An.
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Pretty cool view from my desk. Around 4pm-wish, sky gets so blue and clear. Rainy season arrives. I try to capture that cool blue sky
Far away it is Saigon river. I can’t see that much the river. Better go to higher floor with better view I think.
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Notre Dame de Saigon. Late afternoon. 2013-04. Taken by Angela Thao Huynh – Samsung Galaxy Nexus – Instagram app for Android
Same place. Same time. Same phone. Snapseed app for Android.
Same place. Same time. Taken by Mark with his iPhone 5 – Instagram app for iOS.
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Besides public transportation in the city, there is one more means of transportation. Cheaper than a taxi. More expensive than a bus.
Xe Om.
Usually its rate is half of taxi rate if you already take a taxi on a same route. Otherwise, try to get distance info. Then bargain. Good luck then.
As a Viet speaking person, I often get ripped off as I have a different accent from the one in town.
My trick: I always pretend I am a student with a low budget. Sometime it works. Sometime it doesn’t.
When I know and kind of trust a xe om driver, I do not worry much. They call me frequent customer and they do not overprice. They do tell me when they need to increase the rate and look for my sympathy.
Two weeks ago from my office to the airport, I was in a silly awkward situation. After agreeing the rate, that xe om driver took me for like 1km and “sold” me to another driver with his stupid reason: traffic was bad. He took me 20,000vnd for that xe om ride. It was Fri night. No traffic. I dislike such a behavior. Better saying no to me.
What’s wrong to those xe om drivers? I try to help giving work to them to earn money for their families. I have taxi as an option for most of the time.
Oh well. People. Here and there. Stupid and smart.
Just my options. Personally.
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Taken at Da Nang international airport.
Woah. Beet counter. How is quality? Next time I will try. My flight at that time was at 8am. Not in a beer mood.
A silly morning I had there. I am too sensitive. I’m too concerned. Whatever. Cutting a line is a bugging action for me. I told straight to that pretty face to get out of my line. That security officer did not say a word. People need to use common sense which is like a rare thing at some places in Vietnam.
Great start for a day on the way back a hectic Saigon.
Danang, 2013/04/19
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Pham Ngu Lao – De Tham – Bui Vien to me is a dark side of Saigon. Full of tourists, travelers, backpackers. Café. Restaurants. Bars. Pubs. Clubs. Working girls. Pimps. Sellers. Poor. Rich. Complicated area in town.
During a daytime, it looks quite nice. Somehow. Maybe the side was sleeping when I took a photo.
A place for cheap beers. To meet crazy people. To get some touristic stuff. And sometimes for cheap international cuisine.
Oh Saigon!
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View from my desk at work
The sky was too blue and I played a bit with light. The photo looks like science fiction scene
Around my office building, many high building mushroom so fast. Not really nice view
Saigon is ready for a new rainy season. And me too
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I had a short retreat trip to Da Nang and found out that place has changed quite a lot.
Hyatt Regency and its beach. A huge property with big swimming pool and private beach. Nice rooms with ocean view and for sure the sunlight will cover a whole room every morning. Nice service and friendly staff so far.
Intercontinental Resort – just a short name I called that place. It is located in a completely quite and remotely from the city. Also it is a huge property with swimming pool and all similar stuff like other resorts in the area. Good food. Unfriendly security staff compared to other resorts. There is a monorail from the top of the hill to the beach. All belong to Intercontinental Resort.
I also checked out some other resorts nearby and got some happy hour drinks.
Maybe next time I should try a whole package offered by one of those resorts to experience more.
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