Olafhenny
02-02-2014, 06:51 AM
…for breakfast.
Finally on our second attempt and after 37 hours of sleepless travel we arrived
here 3:30 local time and collapsed into bed. At around 9 am, we both woke up and
went for breakfast. Of course I could not resist, when I saw “fried bananas” on the
menu.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/12245040696/" title="Breakfast first morning in Saigon by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/12245040696_9d7898f8fb_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Breakfast first morning in Saigon"></a>
Here it is!
Fried bananas – honey coated, two fried eggs – sunny side up
And the brown disks are hash browns
Back to bed, we slept through lunch.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/12251234776/" title="DSC04066 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/12251234776_2204cf5183_c.jpg" width="750" height="800" alt="DSC04066"></a>
Dinner was not quite as artfully presented, as customary here, but therefore
the taste was superb:
Sautéed mushrooms with roast duck, tomatoes onions etc, all covered
in a fine sauce, served with steamed rice ($4.-)
The beer was another dollar.
Breakfast the next morning:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/12266256466/" title="Now that is an omelet! by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3764/12266256466_6ebe69ab49_c.jpg" width="800" height="666" alt="Now that is an omelet!"></a>
Now this is an omelette!
Mushrooms, ham, cheese, tomatoes plus a whole bunch of other ingredients treat
you to a symphony of tastes. A crisp baguette, butter (not shown), strawberry
jam and a cup of great Vietnamese coffee complete a fine start to the day.
I thought, it would be a good idea to bring the laptop along, because WiFI is
now available everywhere, but the reception here in this hotel is atrocious.
Trying to send this has taken me now full 3 days and I have no idea, how long
it will still take, until I get this out. Hopefully the problem will be only here
and due to the present Tet festivities, which will last another three days and
then things will get better.
The worst thing was getting the photos into the Flickr despite all the transmission interruptions. And then, every move within Flickr has to go over
the net. Half way through any maneuver the transmission stops and some of
the work is lost again. All very frustrating.
Finally on our second attempt and after 37 hours of sleepless travel we arrived
here 3:30 local time and collapsed into bed. At around 9 am, we both woke up and
went for breakfast. Of course I could not resist, when I saw “fried bananas” on the
menu.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/12245040696/" title="Breakfast first morning in Saigon by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3723/12245040696_9d7898f8fb_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Breakfast first morning in Saigon"></a>
Here it is!
Fried bananas – honey coated, two fried eggs – sunny side up
And the brown disks are hash browns
Back to bed, we slept through lunch.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/12251234776/" title="DSC04066 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/12251234776_2204cf5183_c.jpg" width="750" height="800" alt="DSC04066"></a>
Dinner was not quite as artfully presented, as customary here, but therefore
the taste was superb:
Sautéed mushrooms with roast duck, tomatoes onions etc, all covered
in a fine sauce, served with steamed rice ($4.-)
The beer was another dollar.
Breakfast the next morning:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/12266256466/" title="Now that is an omelet! by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3764/12266256466_6ebe69ab49_c.jpg" width="800" height="666" alt="Now that is an omelet!"></a>
Now this is an omelette!
Mushrooms, ham, cheese, tomatoes plus a whole bunch of other ingredients treat
you to a symphony of tastes. A crisp baguette, butter (not shown), strawberry
jam and a cup of great Vietnamese coffee complete a fine start to the day.
I thought, it would be a good idea to bring the laptop along, because WiFI is
now available everywhere, but the reception here in this hotel is atrocious.
Trying to send this has taken me now full 3 days and I have no idea, how long
it will still take, until I get this out. Hopefully the problem will be only here
and due to the present Tet festivities, which will last another three days and
then things will get better.
The worst thing was getting the photos into the Flickr despite all the transmission interruptions. And then, every move within Flickr has to go over
the net. Half way through any maneuver the transmission stops and some of
the work is lost again. All very frustrating.