May 25 –
Today was the day of a lifetime! We had a free day, so Emily and I broke away from the group and toured the best places in Saigon. First, we met up with Bao who ordered us motorbike taxis that took us to a jewelry store to buy jade (a gem found in Asia). Seeing the city from the view of a motorbike will be an experience I will never forget! The city is a beautiful kind of crazy. After we bought the jade, Bao took us up the Bitexco Tour (the tallest building in Vietnam) to tour his old office and it was a beautiful view. Next, Emily and I ate lunch a Cafe de la poste and got some green tea ice cream! We toured Independence Palace (Vietnams version of the US White House), the War Remnants Museum (the US war against Vietnam), and the Notre Dame Cathedral (because I’m a catholic girl so why not). Finally, we went back to the hotel to rest up before we headed down to the backpackers (foreigners) street to live up our last night in Vietnam! Needless to say, day 4 was a success and treated so well!