Big City Life

While daily work brings new surprises every day, the city becomes more and familiar. However since Ho Chi Minh City holds approximately 10 Mio + people there are always new places, bars and restaurants to find.
Recently I have been forced to go for Karaoke with my colleagues.

Of course I had to sing as well. It was fun though.

Basically every week you have at least one or 2 networking meetings organised by different organisations like the different business associations. Sometimes those events are continued at another place. Last week we found an excellent bar, very close to the Notre Dame church. However, you would never dare to walk alone into that little alley, if you wouldnt know, that there is a bar. The view was just beautiful:

One of my favourite places has become a burger place called Gotcha. I often go there, since the food is great and really cheap.

The place is located in the Backpackers district, which is a world of its own. Always crowded by foreigners whor are looking for cheap accomodation. The main road in this area is called Bui Vien.

Sometimes it's quite fun to be there, but you have to be quite careful, too, since there are a lot of locals trying to screw tourists and foreigners. Of course if you're looking for some hours of paid fun, this is the place to go. 

But I still have the feeling that I only scratched the surface of this city after a bit more than 6 months. Time really flies...