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The indoors part of the museum was more general history than the war.

There appeared to be a fashion shoot going on featuring wedding outfits. Several couples being photographed. Some old photographs. And some non military equipment.

And we reach the war museum. As always history is written by the victors.

For our last day in Saigon I went on the War Relics tour. A hotel that charges by the hour.

Dinner in Atlantide. Rojaan started with the scallops and strawberry again as it is one of her favourites whilst I started with the smoked salmon from the evening menu and then the crab bisque. Rojaan then had the lobster. Certainly not as much lobster as in the past. Whilst I had the fillet. Once again really good. Then went to the Panorama lounge for a nightcap. The moon was lighting everything up.

And again the lady with the Vietnamese "electric guitar". There are a fair few You Tube videos of their performances. Just Google Van Anh Fusion Band.

And a vertical xylophone. Again just amazing sound.

A bamboo xylophone. The woman is clapping in front of the bamboo. Simply amazing.

That night before dinner there was a special performance by a local group - the Van Anh Fusion Band, Wonderful. Using traditional Vietnamese instruments with modern songs plus dancing. A different MC who was very good. Now this instrument is based on a Vietnamese lute. The projection in the middle woman's hand turned this into a very good impersonation of an electric guitar.

Then taken to 2 private rooms for lunch. The menu. And the food. And I had 2 local beers. Then a stroll back to the bus past a street vendor and the next door restaurant, Then back to the ship. Lots of unfinished buildings.

When we arrived we were taken on a tour of their restaurant and food.

The last of the food court. We had 3 very small pieces of food. BBQ pork,deep fried chicken and a Vietnamese pancake/ omelette. The last was no where near as good as the ones we have at our local Vietnamese restaurant at home. Now just a short ride to a restaurant for lunch. Funny how Brisbane airport signs can be found all over the world. Then we arrive at the restaurant.

Some nice looking dishes. And some Vietnamese classics.

The last of the market. Then a short ride to a tourist food court.

The market has an emergency clinic. And the wonderful durian.

Our first stop was the Central market. In the morning the emphasis is on food. A lot of pork. And everything is used.

a fish trap. Selling rice. Note the scales in front of him.

The second morning at the dock. Late the previous day the Viking Orion had arrived. Also the large container ship that had arrived at 7.30pm the previous afternoon had unloaded then loaded containers and was on it's way before 7am. Then I was on my way on the Saigon Street food tour. Which in fact meant a brief tasting at a food court and a restaurant lunch. Though we did see some street food at the Market. Notice the scooters going through a red light. Crossing a road in Saigon can be dangerous even if you have a green walk signal. You may notice the large numbers wearing green shirts and helmets. Grab is the largest ride, eats and even rental platform in Vietnam. And if the traffic comes to a halt many of the scooter riders continue on the footpath.

It's easy when you have a tremor to get that effect. Up until now I always delete those photos. So now I will post a few. more good news for Mr Luxury!😉

There is an everyday menu/room service menu. You can access it through your TV. Items on it can be ordered basically from anywhere. Today I saw pizzas being eaten in the Panorama lounge. We have seen someone order pasta in the Japanese restaurant and in Atlantide we often order deserts from that menu if we don't like anything on the Atlantide menu. If you can't access it just ask your butler to bring it up for you.

We sailed the Dawn last year and the Moon early this year. The only real difference is what staff are on when you cruise. We enjoyed the Moon cruise more as many more staff that we had cruised with before.

Back to the ship for Halloween. Off to Atlantide again. I had the pie then tomato followed by the liver from the Halloween menu. They were all very good. Rojaan had the cheeses and mushroom turnover and the lamb. She then once again had the pavlova and I had the sour cherry and apricot gelatos.

Just waiting. Then I noticed a display by an Influencer/ instagrammer. Yes she had set up her phone on a tripod. Fortunately we were soon off to our last stop the Central Market.

Next off to a comfort stop at the Rex hotel. And you could see the Sheraton hotel where we stayed in 1999.