I know what you’re thinking. “I’ve seen this photo already”. But you haven’t. Because not only did we see Ratatat last weekend at LoretoFest, but again this weekend at a small club in the Dong Khoi district. I couldn’t sneak into this one so it blew the budget a bit but was totally worth it. We recreated the previous photo with the band in the background partly to let you folks know what we’re up to and partly to rub it in Brian and Rob’s faces. Sorry guys, wish you were here.

My friend Kelsea lived in Saigon for awhile and one piece of advice when we arrived was to visit Lush on Tuesday nights for ladies night.  When a group of new local friends invited us to the same bar last Tuesday, I didn’t clue in right away. Serene and I thought: “Ladies Night = Free Cover. At least that’ll save us the 100,000 dong entrance fee but we’ll probably end up paying 85,000 dong per drink (close to $5)”. Of course, we were still willing to do that…

But much to our surprise, not only do ladies get free entrance, but they DRINK FOR FREE until midnight. This totally blew our minds – really something that needs to catch on more at home. I made a short video of our escapades…keep in mind that cameras are NOT allowed in the club so this was all done on the sly. And, in true Kris and Serene form, there was a meal of street noodles afterwards followed by me falling off my chair, but, well, you don’t need to see that.

First real night on the town did not go exactly as planned.  Big thanks to Andy and Sarah for showing me around, it was a blast.  Pictures and memories galore.

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