Touring Day

We spent the day doing a walking tour of some of the sights of Vietnam.  We started at an indoor market, had lunch at what turned out to be a very loud disco type place but the pizza was good and ended up at the War Rememberance museum.  We spent several hours there, it was heart wrenching.  One thing I forgot to mention, is that everywhere a tourist goes in vietnam, you are followed by men driving what they call cyclo's, which are basically bicycles with a cart in front.  They want you to let them take you places, they usually ask where you are from.  They don't give up easily.  After we came out of the museum we heard Hey, Mr California, need a ride?  We had met this guy three hours before at the Independence Hall which happened to be closed and he suggested we go to the museum, we did and he say us come out. Persistence!!  We were on a walking tour but that made no difference to him.  After getting lost on the way back to our hotel I almost took him up on his offer.  We ended the day at the Highlands Coffee Shop down the street from our hotel with a great Lime Slushy type drink.  It was a very hot and humid day for a tour but we needed the walk after sitting so much.  There are so many places to see, next week we plan to see the caves that the people hide in during the war and also some beautiful beaches.