Our next stop on our trip was to a small town south of Ho Chi Minh City called My Tho. Small is relative. It's population is around 500,000. According to Vietnam standards this is small.
We went to the park each morning and this was a location where Mitchell had an opportunity to speak to a teacher of English two mornings in a row. The man had retired from teaching and went to the park each morning. Mitchell had great conversations with this man in English and hoped it would lead to more, but it did not.
While in My Tho, we were also able to visit a market, much like our farmer's market with the addition of raw meat hanging in some stalls, grains being measured out in others, and clothes being sold in others. We even found a "pet store" stall. This is also were you should always be aware of your surroundings because you might just back into a hot muffler from a scooter!
