Saigon’s Water Bus service has to be the worlds cheapest tourist adventure that isn’t made for tourists. About £1.00 buys you a 40 minute river trip to a half way station called Thanh Da. It’s a bit scruffy but you only stay there for 20 minutes, just enough time to relax into an iced coffee or cold coconut freshly opened up and plastic straw stuck into it. (Yes it is plastic- this is Vietnam, change is slow but the drink is delicious.) Then it’s back on board for the trip back. It’s meant to be, and is used by locals, as an alternative commute to District 1, the commercial / tourist hub of the city. Alternative of course to motorbikes not cars.
Tet Holiday is now in full swing and it’s SELL! SELL! SELL!
Anything from golden coconuts to engraved water melons to flowers, trees and more flowers.
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