day two

All is very well here. We started the day with a run. We joined in the last few minutes of an old ladies' exercise class by the lake.

I had water spinach w/ garlic, yogurt w/ pomegranate, a platter of French pastries and two cups of coffee for breakfast. Sue had scrambled eggs. We followed up with about 7 hours of walking through the old city.

We found entire blocks dedicated to duct tape, candy, buttons, toys, tin boxes and live frogs and eels and rabbits and crabs and chickens waiting to turn into lunch. It is like Home Depot only an entire city of blocks representing each section of Home Depot. Plus, everything is made on the sidewalk or in the living room right behind the store front. Last time I assumed everything was made in a factory. It's not. It's all made right there.

Lunch cost about $2 for more food than we could eat and totally yummy.

Tonight we are seeing the water puppets and then wrapping ourselves around yet more food.

Tomorrow we are booked for a full body scrub and massage and then heading for Siem Reap and Angkor Wat in the afternoon.

Vietnam is awesome. Asia rocks.

Sue loves it. She totally gets the traffic and food and energy.