Night 1 in Saigon

After a very busy day, Mike and I decided it was time for massages. Our guide new of a great place and took us there. Then we said bye until the next morning. After massages, we headed to the night market to meet up with some friends, Rob and Yoko, who were also vacationing in Vietman. Some how in the midst of the craziness, we were able to find them. And then we all went on the search for our dinner restaurant, PHO 2000, PHO for the president. After about 30 minutes of wondering around, assuming we were going in the right direction, we finally had to ask someone. Turns out we were right next to it to begin with. Inside the restaurant...So this place is famous b/c Bill Clinton ate here. There's a picture of him on the wall with the whole staff. Rob and Yoko getting ready for dinner FINALLY, the PHO arrived and it was sooooo good. hmmm yummy in my tummy.

After dinner, we decided to hang out a bit more in the night market. We found an "outside" bar, which was really an outside restaurant that cooked/served food right there....it was interesting. Mike and I were surprised to see so many Communist flags everywhere especially since we didn't think that it was still very much a Communist country. Turns out that day, April 30, was there Independence day and a big celebration weekend. In honor of the event, we got to see a fireworks display...

We finally headed back to the hotel around 10:30/11ish and I could not believe how many motor bikes were every where. We had been warned about the the bikes and that they don't follow any driving rules. They freaked me out as it's unbelievable. Anywho, I took this video on our way back...Check it out....AND yes, there were that many and were on the sidewalk...CRAZINESS