The Travel Peoples

  (It was a pleasant surprise arriving in Ho Chi Minh City. I have not encountered the travel advice that going there would make me a millionaire in a foreign land, at least for a few days. Haha! That’s because the currency exchange rate was incredibly unbelievable, like 1:400. So imagine the cash that I brought for our entire stay and had them changed to Vietnamese dong. The bills were thick!   ) My story about this trip would revolve around the very idea that it is extremely affordable for a tourist to eat in this country. It felt weird paying for a meal that is worth five digits. If I compute the price against my country’s currency, that is inexpensive. We compared eating at street stalls, fast food, and mid-price restaurants. Even the restaurants were not costly at all. What’s best was that for every food outlet you go to, vegetables were on the menu. We noticed that Vietnamese people are heavy vegetable consumers. It was a good thing for a vegetarian like myself. I w...