Jane Fonda was here

Local Ho Chi Minh City time Sunday 7:54pm

Greetings from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. We landed here Friday morning and have been spending the past two days around the Ho Chin Minh City area. I took some high quality photos and videos that I hopefully will be able to share with you once we return.

First thing I learned about Vietnam is its currency. One American dollar is equal to early 16,000 dong. You often see people on the side of the street selling fruits with a sign saying “(Vietnamese word) 18,000.”



I was touring around the Mekong Delta area earlier today and our tour stopped by a fishing village. Among the people walking by I spotted a caucasian woman with a Vietnamese man, whom I quickly identified as her tour guide. There was nothing unusual about the couple except that the man was wearing a UNC hat. I later had the chance to talk to them. She is an American from Texas by way of New York City and the tour guide has never been to UNC, bought his hat at a flea market. When I told him I asked because that was the grad school that I went to he immediately offered to sell it to me. I declined since I can get better and more appropriate souvenir elsewhere.