Ho Chi Minh Street ScenesAfter another excellent breakfast, we headed up to the main undercover markets where we had seen a good looking espresso place the day before. At Phuc Long tea and coffee house we 
ordered a couple of excellent espresso/espressi (15,000d/$1 each) and water, and enjoyed it so much we had the same again.
ordered a couple of excellent espresso/espressi (15,000d/$1 each) and water, and enjoyed it so much we had the same again.Wandering past the busy. busy, busy Saigon Bus station, we came across a great collection of people and the very sorry, very burnt remains of a scooter. A little further along was the tell tale signs of a street market in the making, and we diverted as rows of tarpaulin covered stalls set up their stands of fruit, vegetables,
hunks of meat, baskets of pippies and shellfish and a dazzling away of miscellaneous dry goods. We were getting pretty excited.
hunks of meat, baskets of pippies and shellfish and a dazzling away of miscellaneous dry goods. We were getting pretty excited.As we came to the end of the street and made our way back, the start of street food stands were being set up in the narrow gap between the shop fronts and the back of the stalls, creating a labyrinthine alley of tiny plastic stools and battered tables for a range of noodle soups and other treats. 
We knew where we were going to have lunch!
Backtracking through the street market, we joined the main drag again and made our way down to the river. There was much construction work going on, so one could only walk along the riverfront for a short distance, but at a main junction we came to a small area of bonsai and heavily pruned potted trees.
{to be continued}
We knew where we were going to have lunch!Backtracking through the street market, we joined the main drag again and made our way down to the river. There was much construction work going on, so one could only walk along the riverfront for a short distance, but at a main junction we came to a small area of bonsai and heavily pruned potted trees.
Flash motorbike!