Debbie’s Blog

I sit here, saturday morning, all is normal, as it should be , I feel like Im in a different world , this is my home, this is North Wales.  I have left Vietnam behind me , but not in my heart I havent.  Thankyou all of you for your comments, Im never quite sure If anyone out there is reading my blog , until I recieve your feedback, thankyou for taking the time out (you know who you are !) .  Oh sorry for my punctuation and errors along the way, but I am just writing as I go…….and sometimes that is snatched minutes on a coach in some obscure place.

I forgot to mention Saigon, and really I dont know how I could , well I mentioned it from Hung my guides aspect.  But I really love Saigon , there is the influence of the French for sure, and the wonderful buildings, Opera House , Cathedral, Post Office ,they have some great restaurants in Saigon , real lovely and intimate, the food good , excellent in fact,  on the down side there is the War museum, which really is not for the faint hearted ! , the photographs are awful , and leave a lasting impression .

I sat in the four star Caravella hotel, next door to the Opera House, a lovely hotel,  having a drink in the bar on the roof , looking down into Saigon….lovely ! , I escaped the group for a few hours “me” time .  I look over and I can see the place were the Helicopter landed to pick up the Americans , that lasting film reel, it hasnt changed in 30 years , still the same, below me is the rex hotel,  a place were the journalists hung out and reported from , from that time .  That time , a moment in time ,  Vietnam will change , the developers will see to that !  but it will never take away the scars and the tears that have been left behind, scratch the surface and you will see.  Trust me ! .

I am in the process of organising a culinary delight to vietnam for next year ladies , watch out on the website, I have a brand new web designer and we will both be working on it . So comon all you budding chefs out there ….join me , you will not be dissapointed . !

Look out for my next trip in two weeks,  Rockies and Vancouver ……(bit of a difference , I know )

keep smiling you all out there !

xx me