first day and eve in HCMC

fell asleep around nood and caught up on the sleep that I'd missed the previous night in Bangkok due to the necessity of clearing out the beer stash. Then went for a walk round the local area which is all backpacker tourists and the industries to support them (i.e. botels, bars and travel agents in about equal proportion); sat for three beers watching the world go by as I read my book, surviving four power outages in that time (the bar had oil lamps on the tables for ambience and survival so my reading was not overly impaired). Then moved back to sit in the street on plastic chairs outside my hotel where I chatted for a while with the people who staff the in-house travel agency, read some more, drank water (!), and played with a little kid that they all were playing with (I think it belong to a lady working in the shop next door.. wasn't too clear). He had a plane with attached battery pack that made annoying noises and flashed annoying lights. I spent some time teaching him how to operate the 'on' switch so I'm sure his parents will be annoyed with me now.