Good morning vietnam

Saigon.

Another city way far away from port = 2 hour bus ride city center. Traffic is absolutely nuts, although the tour guide assured us that since it was sunday it was quite light.
There are thousands of mopeds/vespas/motorcycles etc that that zoom around like black flies, often laden with a remarkable amount of stuff and at least 2 people, sometimes 3 or 4. Dad drives, kid #1 sits on handle bars, mom sits behind dad, kid # 2 stands on seat behind mom.
There does appear to be some attempt at traffic control with roundabouts, lights, lanes and such. However these seem to be viewed as suggestions and are largely disregarded with everybody going every which way, crossing 4 lanes of highway traffic on foot etc.
The best tip our guide gave was that when crossing road in Saigon, you must commit to go, dont stop and under no circumstances backup. The mopeds will just swarm around you at full speed while you cross. He suggested helpfully that closing ones eyes while crossing.
This all sounds like good clean chaotic fun except coming into the city there was a big back up around one of the traffic circles. When we got closer we saw all manner of police and saw a mini bus had decided to take a short cut the wrong way around the 5 lane circle and ran a truck off the road and hit some poor dude on a moped. Eagle eyed doris, camera always at the ready, managed to take pictures of the scene including a mangled moped und the van.
Later on we heard that one of the tour buses from the ship had been in an accident. We zoomed in on the picture and sure enough it had a Princess sign.
The worst part was that the moped driver was killed.

The tour guide told us that more people have been killed on the roads of vietnam since the was ended than were killed during the way.

Saigon, which is still what the central district of Ho Chi Min City is officially called, is actually a fairly compact place. All the important tourist stuff and markets are conveniently located within walking distance.
Doris shopped until the cash ran out. No small feat since Vietnam is world's clothing, bag, and shoe factory so the volume of knock offs or 'brands' available for just a few dollars each is crazy.

Food on street or in local market was little too local even for me, so we repaired to the Rex Hotel for tourist Vietnamese food on their 5th floor balcony dining room.
The is where the American Generals met during the war years.
The upside was that they had quite fast wireless available. Go figure
I'll man up tomorrow in Denang and go a little more street.