Jeff and I are hoping to do another overseas assignment after Jakarta, and we got the chance to check out what expat life is all about in Ho Chi Minh City. We crashed with our good friends Clayton, Chantel, and their lab/boxer mix Ginger. This part of the trip was less about sightseeing and more about relaxing and enjoying some time with C&C since we haven't seen them in over 2 years. We were so busy socializing and enjoying ourselves that we completely failed to take any good group pictures. Had we been a bit more ambitious you'd see us lounging by the pool with drinks in hand, getting a massage with G&Ts, riding bikes around the expat complex, playing corn hole, enjoying delicious wine and beer, grilling, baking cookies, and playing board games.
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| Beautiful street in the complex, we wish our apartment complex had streets like this! |
Chantel also showed us how to make authentic Vietnamese coffee - it's almost like a personal french press only with the addition of sweetened condensed milk at the end.
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| Dessert in a cup |
We did venture out for a little shopping at Cho Ben Thanh Market, where we stocked up on our favorite Vietnamese treat - dried, sweetened coconut strips, and found a hat for much anticipated Kentucky Derby Party.
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| Don't worry this is not the dried coconut |
On our last day in HCMC, we made our way to the legendary Lunch Lady that Anthony Bourdain made famous in his show. There's only 1 type of soup made each day and it varies. We happened to show up on seafood soup day which was even better than we imagined. Jeff was also here a few years ago and he said the price had really gone up; we paid a whopping $7 for 2 large bowls of seafood soup with fresh veggies and noodles, 6 fresh spring rolls, and 6 fried spring rolls (definitely still a smokin deal in my opinion).
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| The picture hardly captures Jeff's excitement, he was like a kid on Christmas morning bouncing in his seat waiting for the soup to come. |
Our time in HCMC was a perfect end to our Vietnam trip and it was so fun to compare crazy stories of living abroad. If it was up to me, we'd be packing our bags in a few years to move to this beautiful country.
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