Another country down, another batch of photos.
…And maybe the greatest sandwich I’ve ever had, period? It’s right up there, that’s for sure.
I take back everything I said about crossing the road in China, because crossing the road in Vietnam is pure, unadulterated insanity.
It’s amazing how vibrant and colourful the markets are here.
Pho may be the thousand pound gorilla of Vietnamese noodle soups — it’s the one that pretty much every single person on the planet has heard of — but it’s certainly not the only one.
Take, for example, bun bo hue. I just had a bowl of it at Bun Bo Hue Nam Giao, and it made a strong case that there should be room in your life for more than one noodle soup from Vietnam.
Though there are tourist-friendly markets in pretty much every city in the world, the Ben Thanh market in Ho Chi Minh is particularly interesting.
I just had my first couple of meals in Ho Chi Minh, and I have to say, I’m seriously impressed.