A manicure & a pedicure & a foot and leg massage.....and Quiche Lorraine ....and tired Phap

Day 22 in Sai gon:

A 9:00 AM morning march..... buy 2 Hotdogs at 7/11 & Turmeric at the weird Viet supermarket....

11:15 The cute Xe Om drives me to Vinh Dong hotel.....success at the bank machine.... then he drives me to Ben Than Market......  

first I'm going for that pedicure..... and they might as well give me a manicure while they're at it....they also rub all that old skin of my lower thighs...and whittle away on the hard skin of my soles...... 2 women working for 60 minutes ....290k (11 USD) .....the price is not important.....what is most important and priceless is that we chat and laugh in Vietnamese the whole time.....

after 45 minutes, I crave a cigarette..... and I'm getting hungry..... Cocotte Restaurant and its Quiche Lorraine is only 20 meters away......

When I finally rise from my seat, I tell them "OMG, I have NEW feet"

I walk over to Cocotte Restaurant......and I am in AWE watching the STRANGE behaviour of the foreign tourists, be they European, Indian, or East Asian....

They even bring me a tiny fish-egg tomato appetizer.  YUMMY

The Quiche arrives....

.. and even though I should have learned my lesson the last time, I finish it......4 eggs, 5 eggs ?  WAY too much.... 

13:30

finally back in my hotel room ....I rode with the same Xe Om as last time......

Phap will be here in just over 4 hours....I am SO FULL and I need a nap!

nap

19:20 .....he wrote that he will be here at 18:00.....so I text to him "6 in the MORNING?"

No answer, of course. 

Ah well.....I really should know him by now.....that's not ill-intended....that's just Phap...... back in Canada they call it Indian Time ;-)

I go online and buy myself a plane ticket to Sai Gon for November 12.... just before the Cambodia visa run.....CAD 49  ;-)

19:30

He shows up.....He is DEAD tired after working for 12 hours and spending 2 hours in traffic..... I thank him, but tell him not to come back tomorrow (even though I secretly hope he will) .......but he NEEDS rest !  He really gets into the Korean Comedy I was watching....

Bon Appetit, Your Majesty

He leaves at 22:00 ......3 hours in traffic to spend 2.5 hours with me..... OMFG..... I ask him whether he needs money and he says NO...... I love him SO MUCH

doze off and wake up again

23:30