Day two: I ate even more for breakfast this morning and managed to get a seat overlooking the river, rather than having to sit next to other people like yesterday...
Today’s exploration was going to be to the Botanical Gardens, the Zoo, History Museum, and then back towards the area I was in last night for dinner to walk about the smaller streets away from the tourist crowd. The gardens were really busy, but it was nice to walk amongst the huge palms, being shielded from the sun. The Zoo (part of the gardens in fact) was quite good – though the old deer in the paddock could have done with a wash. A bit like the old dears on Clapham Common I suppose…
I was beginning to feel like one of the animals at the zoo, as almost every child, nearly all the women and most of the men in the place would stop, wave and say either ‘hello’ or ‘goodbye’ depending on which way they were walking: most asked for my photograph too, which was nice.
I plonked myself down near the monkey enclosure with a drink and watched the world go by – I was in no hurry today as my feet hurt from all the walking I’d done yesterday, and was quite content to smile, wave and pose for my fans. As I walked though to the Museum (also inside the gardens) I noticed this Vietnamese woman running behind me to keep up with me, giggling, and once she caught up with me she announced that ‘I was very handsome” and ran off. I just laughed, to which she laughed too and took photos of me.
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