Xin Chao Vietnam

Now I thought Calgary was busy during rush hour! Ho Chi Minh City scared us a bit. No matter what time it was, people were everywhere. For lunch we went to a restaurant and ended up walking straight out when we noticed what they were serving. It was raw blood soup! Yes, I said blood, like the red stuff in your veins! I'm not sure if anyone not accustomed to eating blood in their daily diet can handle something like that. Or you would have to be really brave. I know we sure couldn't eat it! Back to eating Pho.

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We spent the first half of the afternoon at the Giac Lam Pagoda, which is the city’s oldest pagoda. The second half of the afternoon we visited the Thien Hau Temple were the people would express their gratitude to their goddess by burning incense in huge circles for a whole month. It was an amazing to experience the Vietnamese culture.

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And sadly we had to return home after a cultural day in Ho Chi Minh City and a wonderful journey through Vietnam!

See you all in Calgary in a few days... Hope you are enjoying our blog because we are sure having fun telling you about some of the hightlights of our trip!

If you have time, have a look at the this guy's video... we met him and his girlfriend in Ho Chi Minh. They were on their second visit to Vietnam...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Ybv-NbFN4&NR=1

Chào tam biêt Vietnam! (Good bye Vietnam)
From Patrycja, Andrea and Evelyne