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Living In These Corona Times and Back From HCMC

We've been in partial lockdown due to Covid since 18 March in Malaysia. Nic and I were lucky as we had just got back in time from our trip to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Meeting Uncle Ho at the HCMC Post Office which is still in use!  We had gone for a week to visit friends in Vietnam and just chill a bit. It was also my post-birthday travel - a little bit of me-time that I try to take once a year. Each year, I try to visit a new country that's one plane ride away. Nic and I went to the Reunification Palace or Independence Palace.  Inside, there were lots of old, stately furniture but nothing much. If you're in Saigon, just skip this.  More old furniture. A bit ghastly to me.  Food was great though! This was at a popular bistro named Propaganda. What a name.  I don't like transits and last year I did one major solo trip - Penang to Narita for a transit and then Narita to Honololu. It took me almost 30 hours each way including all tho...