http://www.simoninsaigon.com en-gb simoninsaigon.com 2010-2-25T00:00:00Z simoninsaigon.com http://www.simoninsaigon.com/page4.htm#59177 Normal 0 false false false ENAU ZHTW XNONE Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyleparent msopaddingalt0cm 5... 2010-2-25T00:00:00Z http://www.simoninsaigon.com/page4.htm#44426 Normal 0 false false false ENAU ZHTW XNONE Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyleparent... 2009-7-6T00:00:00Z http://www.simoninsaigon.com/page4.htm#42317 Normal 0 false false false ENAU ZHTW XNONE Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyleparent... 2009-5-27T00:00:00Z http://www.simoninsaigon.com/page4.htm#41395 Normal 0 false false false ENAU ZHTW XNONE Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyleparent... 2009-5-11T00:00:00Z http://www.simoninsaigon.com/page4.htm#38583 Normal 0 false false false ENAU ZHTW XNONE Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyleparent... 2009-3-23T00:00:00Z http://www.simoninsaigon.com/page4.htm#38001 Normal 0 false false false ENAU ZHTW XNONE Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyleparent... 2009-3-11T00:00:00Z http://www.simoninsaigon.com/page4.htm#37492 Last night i met and incredible woman who my friend vi simply called grandmother but of course she was no relation. she was sitting on a nondescript street corner at 10pm selling nuts and assorted snacks. she was tiny maybe only 25kg and probably not much more than 120cm tall although it was impossible to tell as she was stooped over almost double due to age she was almost deaf and vi guessed she was at least 90 years old. she was one of the most fragile looking human beings i have ever seen but what was incredible was that out of that amazing weathered face shone two small eyes that still retained a sparkle some life. through those eyes in that brief meeting i tried to imagine what this lady had lived through what she must have seen both good and bad over so many years of her life. vi had known grandmother for some time and there was obviously a connection and a warmth between the two that crossed the gap of all those years that separated them. i tried to imagine her as a young woman ... 2009-3-2T00:00:00Z http://www.simoninsaigon.com/page4.htm#37169 its nice to see a few old friends dropping by the site. so the weekend saw me at a birthday party for my irish friend ciara at a mexican restaurant in the expat expensive area of dist.1. it was a fun night that ended late. it was followed on sunday by my first exeperience of a vietnamese tea house. up a few back alleys in dist.3 and myself and my local guide ended up at what looked like a small terrace house crossed with a parisian hotel. i was actually expecting some tea drinkers version of starbucks so i was pleasantly surprised. after climbing a bamboo lined staircase we ended up at a small rooftop room lit softly by coloured lights. seating was of course on cushions at very low tables and after looking over the menu i realised that they do in fact serve tea and only tea of many different varieties. so we polished off two different ones jasmine then ginger and just sat and talked in the nice subdued atmosphere. it was a world away from my saturday evening and i think i... 2009-2-24T00:00:00Z http://www.simoninsaigon.com/page4.htm#36864 Hi all im currently in the process of getting the site up and running. therell be more each day so keep checking in. if you need answers to specific questions then please comment here. a guestbook is on its way as are travel tips for other parts of the country. Cheers 2009-2-18T00:00:00Z