Now that I have gotten my political commentary out of the system, on to the city itself. As I mentioned in the previous post – Ho Chi Minh city is mad with scooters. Millions of people scooting around, honking, ducking, weaving and generally jamming up as a group.

Our first stop in Ho Chi Minh was the markets, our opportunity to see the hustle and bustle of the city.

In this long hall were long butcher tables. We had missed the morning rush where the butchers line up to carve and hand out cuts to the morning shoppers.

I turned and was face to face with a lot of dried fish.

One day I would love to live in one of these countries. To walk a market and be able to get the freshest of fresh, to experience the different vegetables and eat local would be amazing. We walked the market tasting with our guide explaining what we were eating.

The colors are so vibrant and the textures so different. The benefit of straight from the field (or jungle)

This fruit (cannot remember the name) wins my exotic fruit of the day award. Looks like a grape, sweet with a furry outside. 

All through the markets were vendors sitting on the walk, selling their wares. We were careful to not linger in front of customers who were actually buying.

The spices of the market. You can buy a lot of spices for very little money.

The markets were very busy.

The markets were also filled with fish. Lots of fish.

And lots of squid.

And always remember, when walking take the time to look up.

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If in the city, it is great to wander the markets.