{"id":11283,"date":"2018-07-06T11:18:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T19:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=11283"},"modified":"2018-07-18T08:57:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T16:57:47","slug":"1st-port-phu-my-ho-chi-minh-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=11283","title":{"rendered":"1st Port: Phu My, Ho Chi Minh Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We took a full day tour from our port in Phu My to Ho Chi Minh city, formerly known as Saigon. The best part of the trip was ridding the cyclo&#8230; like a rickshaw but with a bike. Traffic was crazy and had NO rules!!! People on motorcycles or mopeds would zip by all around going in any direction. Our guide gave us a tip for crossing a street.. &#8220;go slowly and don&#8217;t take a step backwards!&#8221; He said the drivers will recognize that we&#8217;re tourists and go slower around us.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped at temple, had Pho at a very popular restaurant where Bill Clinton ate (Pho 2000), walked through a market. One section was run by the government so prices were fixed but a second section was for private sellers and prices could be negotiated. 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