Day 2 - Cooking course

We spent most of today doing a Vietnamese cooking class - starting with our professional chef and his English translator giving us a tour of the local market to point out all the ingredients used in local cooking. It surprised us how many of the fruit and veg we (Del) knew.

It was great fun - and extra special because while normally there is a whole class (of tourists like us) - we were luckily enough to be the only ones on that day. This meant the chef could spend more time one-on-one with us showing us things that made us feel like we were actually learning things - not just cooking the food put out for our class. We got a certificate at the end (after a test that comprised of a single question) along with a booklet with the recipes we cooked - and then ate the result - was very yummy.



We spent the rest of the day on foot around Ho Chi Ming City, visiting things like the 'Reinunification Palace' and other local sights. The most interesting thing was the traffic - and getting across one of the busiest streets (with hundreds of motorbikes, cars and trucks swerving around us) was an ordeal that leaves you a bit shaken.

Had a solid, exhausting day and now have a good feel for the city. Now time to get away from its overwhelming noise, fumes and chaos...