The we caught a taxi to make it to the show in time. The show was all in Vietnamese, but we could still follow the story some. The puppeteers are behind the curtains and the puppets are on long rods. Enjoy the pics from the show!
After the show, we decided to walk back and I'm so glad we did. They had closed off one of the streets by the market for outside shopping. We didn't buy anything, but we had fun walking through everything. The city is always alive and noisy, but there were so many people out just enjoying the evening. It was wild! Here are some pics of the city and Hannah at the park.
We got back to the hotel and watched a movie and headed to bed. Before I went to bed, I had an email telling about the death of Dorothy McEachern whom I have worked with for the last 17 years. She was our church hostess and one of the most giving ladies I have ever known. Don't know much about what happened but she had been having trouble breathing and they found her on Friday morning dead. I am so sad that I didn't see her the last few days. I will miss her as well as our church will miss her terribly. I am hoping to be home to celebrate her life!
Today it is Saturday already and so we slept late. Our flight is at 11:15pm tonight so we paid for a late checkout so we could go back out and enjoy the city. I asked about what to see and the desk said to go to the war remnants museum, but Hannah didn't want to. So we decided just to explore a little. Famous last words. We walked a block or so and decided to try some Vietnamese coffee. I know, I'm not a coffee drinker, but you can get Vietnamese coffee sweetened with condensed milk.
No, neither of us liked it!
Then we decided to head down to the Saigon River. We've always been close, but never been down there. It was fascinating. Along the way, we saw guys doing ice sculpture, probably for a wedding.
At the river, we saw men fishing and just watched for a little bit and of course I took pics of Hannah.
Then we decided to head back towards our the tax center. I was taking pictures of a big statue with buildings behind it.
I had my camera in my hands and my purse over my shoulder and neck. I had bought a new purse at the market. Had a little Dong in it, my phone, a few receipts, and of course, my drivers license and credit cards. As I went to get a close up of the statue, I felt my purse strap snap, and looked up and guy going by on a motorcycle had grabbed and off he went. Here's the resulting picture:
We were both okay. I screamed trying to get some attention. Took a few minutes, but finally some ladies at a restaurant behind us came to help. They found a taxi to get us back to the hotel and he took me even though I didn't have any money. The desk help make the calls to cancel credit cards. I tried to find the phone on the "find my phone", but to no avail. He must have known what he was going. I've suspended the service and hopefully the phone is connected to internet, it will erase everything. It shook us up a little, but we're okay, and I had some cash hidden in our safe and it should be enough to get us home plus pay for the hotel. Our passports are also safe. After all the phone calls, we came up to the room for a snack and just chill. We have gone over it and over it. I was an easy target...purse with a fabric snap...he just pulled on it. I was on the side of the road...an American. Shouldn't have had my ID and credit card, but we needed to get some cash. lesson learned. We have about 3 more hours before we have to leave the hotel which will give us about 3 hours at the airport. Must admit, I'm ready to go now. Thankful I didn't get my new iPhone (yes, I still had the cracked screen one) till I got back. Sorry Ella, no iPod touch for now. I had tried to get a new phone before I left, but the 5's were not in. I decided it was probably better to bring the old one in case something happen. Well, something happened. I've also suspended my service. If anyone reads this and thinks of something else I need to do, please let me know. Prayers for safety coming home, but now we are grateful we only lost "stuff" and I had extra money to come home! Susie
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