20. mai- Ho Chi Minh city, Saigon.

Chadmo triin johney and a local kid with ballon - ho chi minh city vietnam!!!

In two days we get our Chinese visas and then leave Saigon. Yesterday me and Jimmy met a
Vietnamese girl through Coucsurfing.com and went to a nice restaurant to listen to traditional
Vietnamese music- beautiful! After the band finished we played some songs too and the audience seemed to like it and the bar manager- who was at first very nervous to let us on the stage- well, she didn't know who we are and what we do-was happy too and invited us back the next morning. Me and Jimmy went together again and played like 8 songs and then ate breakfast and icecreams and juices or whatever we asked for and listened to this amazing Vietnamese guitarplayer. Just on Jimmys mini-guitar he played all these popsongs (Abba, Beatles), supermario themes, django reinhardt, classical pieces, bossanova... ...! He had arranged the songs by himself and learned to play the guitar all by himself. what a dude!
It's really cool in Saigon- after a long while it's a city where theres actually some concerts and exhibitions going on. Lately almoust everywhere we've gone have been very poor in culture-try to find a concert in Cambodia! You can imagine how grateful are the white guys who have been living in Phnom Penh (capital of Cambodia) for 10 years!
In Saigon we're living in a district where the most of the tourists hang out. It's good for us- alot of caffes and terraces to play. But at the same time there's quite a few nuisances due to that. Theres at least 4 motorbiketaxis on EVEry corner and each time you pass by they ask: "Moto, madam? Where you go?" and sometimes when you actually need a ride they don't understand english but they nod and say "yes, yes, ok!" and take you to a wrong place. (Im not falling for that one again)
Two days ago we played some music in the swing dancers training or party- it's hard to differ which one it was- all their trainings are like parties! Dance and music nonstop!
Jimmy took over the dancefloor and had a crazy swingduo with a local girl, definitely the best performance during the evening!
It's getting darker, might start raining, soon it's time to rinse out!