Last day in Vung Tau. Went and had breakfast. The place was very busy, compared to other mornings. Checked out at 9.30, and then got taxi to the ferry terminal. No dramas with taxis this morning. On board the ferry, and all was good. Once again, the ferry was quite full. The 2 hr trip was good.
Arrived in Ho chi Minh at 12, and waited for our prepaid car to arrive. And waited, and waited. Bob goes inside the terminal and asks for some help with a phone number for the GK Central to see where the car is. In the mean time, taxis come and go. Contact is made with the hotel, and I hear that the guy on the other end say to come back to the motel. The issue seems to get lost in conversation, so Bob asks the lass behind the counter to talk, as she speaks English and she understands us. Eventually, we are told, the car is on the way. Thank goodness. I am outside by now, as it is warm inside, and at least there is a breeze outside. So we wait some more. And guess what, the car went to the old terminal, where we were left 3 days ago. So a call is made again, and " the car is on it's way "
I am not concerned this time, as I know it will get sorted eventually.
After some time, the car arrives, and we are heading out of Ho Chi Minh towards Tay ninh. This is a 2 and a half hr trip. Challenging me again with cars and scooters and distance between the two. Eventually we get out of the major traffic area, and into the outskirts of the city. It is crazy to see, so many run down areas, but little stalls and food vendors every where.
As we continue, the landscape changes, there are more wetter areas and fewer scooters. Eventually, the speed increases, and it feels like we are making progress. I saw about 6 water buffalo on our trip.
We arrive in Tay ninh, And it seems fairly quiet, although it is Sunday. We check in, and are in need of food and beverages. Coffee shop across the road, BONUS. We venture over, and ask for food and coffee, but they don't do food, and the menu has no English on it as the waitress points out. But we manage to get coffee, and mine was real good.
We go for a walk to find something to eat, and find nothing in the direction we are going, so we turn around and go the other way, and head to a Lottera place.
Bingo, this is a bit of a shopping centre, and a cinema. And it is air cond, and it has food. Win, win.
We explore the centre, and notice we are getting lots of looks. I think we are the only English speaking white people in the centre, so that's why we are getting stared at. We find a burger place similar to Hungry Jacks and get food.
We then go into the supermarket and get some water and a few other things.
Crossing the road is a little less crazy that in Ho chi Minh, but it was busier then when we had to cross it earlier.
The room is nice, and the view is good. Tomorrow we will explore more,
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