It's unfortunate...

...that my two new favorite restaurants are on the other side of the world. Today, in Ho Chi Minh, we found two absolutely awesome places to eat (thank you, TripAdvisor). One is a Vietnamese/Thai vegetarian restaurant called "Hum..." And the other is "Ganesh", an Indian place serving both northern and southern Indian cuisine. Wow, just wow on both of them. If they were in Denver, we'd be at them weekly. Seriously.  I'm not someone who takes pictures of their food, or you'd be looking at some amazingly good mushroom and pineapple (not together) fried rice right about now. Ho Chi Minh is a gritty, busy, noisy, crowded, horn honking loving, HOT city...with amazing food. 

I've also realized that you have to just accept that you'll sweat in Southeast Asia. If you move at all, you'll sweat, and not just a little.  And it will take jumping in the shower, in a pool, or sitting in front of a fan to cool off. It's just the way it is. Accept it and move on, sweaty. Even the locals sweat, which is, somehow, actually encouraging to us travelers in some weird way. Even being born into this hot and humid climate does not ensure your dryness.

Tomorrow, we venture into the Mekong delta. Talk about a hot day. I'm mentally preparing myself already. 

Some pictures from our trek around Saigon today below. Not a ton of good sightseeing here, but enough to keep you busy for a couple of days. 

The large box on the back of the scooter is, in fact, a large glass display case. On this trip we've seen baskets of fish, a dead gutted pig and a family of 4 on a scooter (separately). 

The electrical wiring in Saigon. No additional words needed here. 

Their main post office, a very cool French colonial building.