An American view of Ho Chi Minh City

Our day will be filled with tours and a boat ride tonight. Our tour director, the Princess, arranged for all of us to be on the green bus.

Here we are getting on the bus for our first town tour.

Our first stop is for a picture of where the last helicopter left Saigon in the war.

At our next stop we saw the Vietnamese version of breakfast to go.

The next stop was the Presidential Palace, their version of the White House.

Here is the first tank that penetrated the walls around the White House during the war.

Here is the presidential receiving room.

Of course every white house has its country flags.

The captain could not pass up the opportunity to try on some horns and a hat.

Here is our tour guide, Thin, discussing a beautiful flower and water feature in the house.

Then it was on to a special

Museum that gave the Vietnamese view of the war.

Too many exhibits and items that made you stop and think how terrible war is. One exhibit was a paper from Mikey and Goat and my home town.

Then it was on to lunch. Here was our restaurant and the gang who was on this tour.

My lunch.

Then on the walk, or forced march, home some motorbikes could not fit on the road. So they took to the sidewalk.

We finally made it back and let me introduce you to the wife of the husband and the influencer, former blogger, Habibi.

For the evening the Princess and Dirk found a vessel that took a cruise of the harbour and had dinner and dancing. Here is the vessel. Hmmm…. I wonder why the Princess liked the name!

Here is the crew getting ready to embark.

Then we sat down for dinner on the top deck.

Honestly the food was not the draw. It was the experience and views of the sky line. Here are a few.

Then after dinner our ladies of course started the dancing.

Then Sadie May, another new member of our crew took over the stage and sang with the band.

We closed out the night with another ship nearby that was lighted like a fish.

What a great day. Everyone is tired and looking forward to embarking on our boat tomorrow. Until then.