Inner City Life

We have really enjoyed our time in the countryside of Dalat. It was made even more special by our friendly and attentive hosts at the homestay and the interesting fellow travellers we met.

After the usual breakfast of omelette, bread and some of the delicious jam made yesterday, we hopped on the bus back to Saigon for the big city experience.

We stopped at a picturesque service station looking out at green hills and lunched on rice and vegetables and a wheat noodle soup with vegetables and tofu.

Back in the heat of the city, we expertly dodged the xe ôm drivers and walked to District 3.

Chiba the cat welcomed us home, but our host was still in Hanoi for work, so we rustled up some dinner for ourselves. We pulled together fried tofu in a tomato sauce (đậu phụ sốt cà chua), pomelo salad with vegan squid meat (gỏi bưởi mực), and a tin of vegan pork and bean ragu (lagu sườn) with rice and some spring rolls.