We're Here!

I't's 2:30 a.m. in Asia - been a long day of travel and time for everyone to get some sleep in a proper bed! In the "whose life is this" category falls our upgrade to business class for our flight from Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh. It is a short flight of only a few hours, but we were amazed at how refreshing it was to be able to stretch out and take a proper nap. Silas and Clara have claimed their rooms and put their clothes in the closet. So far they have observed that the bottoms of the trees are painted white and we'll try to find out why, and there are no traffic rules. Lines on the pavement are just a suggestion though vehicles seem to stop for the few signals that there are.

We all slept in today ( Saturday), went out to brunch and visited the local supermarket. I've posted a few pictures - Silas next to a Sunday River sticker in Chicago; what we looked like with our luggage when we arrived in Ho Chi Mihn (door-to-door travel time about 33 hours), everyone on our terrace and the view of the Saigon River from our terrace.

Silas says "it's really hot here even in the winter". Clara says "there are lots of mopeds everywhere" and "we have a nice garden and pool at our nice apartment". We'll try to get some traffic shots when we go into the city center tomorrow.