HCMC

It may not be fair, but it's hard not to compare two trips taken just two weeks apart. The city was just as ghetto, the streets were just as dirty, the traffic was just as chaotic, the cab drivers were just as dishonest towards tourists, if not more; but Ho Chi Minh City was every bit better than Shanghai.

Because I was only one of four decision makers on this trip, we ended up doing more spa treatments than touristy stuff. But that was just fine. Afterall, how could one say no to a four-hand Vietnamese massage?

I was pleasantly surprised that I did not once get an upset stomach from the Vietnamese food

But the French food was just divine

Beautiful French colonial buildings are all over the city

Interlaced with the most basic of lifestyles

The cabling system was chaotic

But nothing was as confusing as the traffic