Hot and Sweaty in Ho Chi Minh City
Greetings from Cambodia! It feels like ages since I wrote a blog entry; apologies to the dedicated readers out there who have been following our travels closely over the past few months. As you may have caught in my last post, our fun-filled backpacking days slowed significantly when Matt and I arrived in Phnom Penh and I started working full-time for the United Nations World Food Programme . My schedule has been very busy as I’ve adjusted back to a 8am-5pm office job, so “Mel & Matt on the Move” was pushed to the far corner of my mind for a while. More on my month-long Cambodia gig in a later post…but for now I want to zoom back in time to Ho Chi Minh City —the final stop of our 3+ week Vietnam adventure. Formerly called Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of 8.4 million. Also known as the country’s economic hub, Ho Chi Minh City is located in the southeastern part of the country and was the capital of South Vietnam...