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To better understand what we were eating at some of the markets, we took a family cooking class.  We ended up taking the class with Saigon Cooking School.  One word: AMAZING.  We met our chef at the market where she walked us through various vegetables and meats that we were unfamiliar with.  Then we went back to the kitchen.  We prepared pork fried spring rolls (so much easier than I thought), a fresh lotus stem salad with prawns, and BBQ pork with fresh noodles.

The kids weren’t crazy about the salad, but everything else was incredible.  As a bonus, we now have a good idea as to how to make …

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Ho Chi Minh is a very busy city.  It’s estimated to have about 8 million people with  around 6.5 million scooters.  It is wild.   I mentioned in another post how crazy it is to cross the street. I tried to video crossing one here:

​​Because the city is so populated and so busy, but with relatively small space, vendors are set up along every alley and every street selling food.  We have tried some pretty amazing food for an absurdly low price.  Our family of four can easily eat lunch for …

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We made it to HCMC after an uneventful three hour flight from Taiwan.  A little goof at the visa office delayed us slightly but we managed to get into the country with a one year visa.  Because our phones (T-mobile) don’t have a contract with Vietnam, we bought some SIM cards at the airport for a few bucks and then took a car to our VRBO.

We are staying…

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