Stimulating Saigon Social Life

I had the privilege to join in a Saigon social weekend and following an eclectic dinner of Vietnamese and Western dishes, including stuffed snails and soft shelled crabs at Claire's apartment, attended by a couple of Claire's interesting friends we spent a lazy Sunday morning in the apartment watching the rain.



Lunch was at The Deck, a lovely riverside cafe, dining room, and taken with more of Claire's stimulating companions. The rain continued to fall , getting heavier and heavier , a perfect Sunday for relaxation and a spot of shopping.
Dinner at home was from the Hideaway Cafe in District Three, a tender chicken with mashed potato with a mustard and tarragon sauce.
The Hideaway Cafe is worth a visit, opened for about four years it used to be a private home. The reconstruction into a cafe has not taken away from the very loveliness of the building and provides a really excellent insight to the genteel nature of the colonial era architecture..the food is delicious.

It's not really backpacking nor is it tripping out alone but that is the joy of a road well traveled: Friends and friends of friends, convivial commonalities and a joy of South East Asia combine to create opportunities for the advancement of friendship and sharing of this wonderful human experience of living!