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In the scorching saigonese heat, what’s better to do than going to the waterpark?!
Awesome slides, a zip-line, an outdoors wave pool…! Some of the aquatic attractions are forbidden in Australia- and possibly in Europe (?)- for safety reasons. Fortunately, there was no incident. I felt like a kid. It was awesome!

Sam, Hai and I at the water park.
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For the past month in Saigon I’ve sweated buckets. The weather is changing, I can feel it. It’s so hot! The weather forecast says temperatures go up to 35°C but it feels like it’s so much more. And it’s not even the rainy season yet, when humidity makes everything so much worse.
I can hardly bear it. One evening I went to the aerobics class in the park and I really thought I was going to pass out. March and April are supposed to be the hottest months in southern Vietnam, but here too climate change is a reality. Or so it seems.

Sweating buckets.
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Yesterday I had the best day ever since our arrival in Ho Chi Minh City- except for our day trip to the Mekong river basin, of course! The day didn’t started so well since I had a job interview for a French teacher position, which turned out to be totally pointless because the school does not yet exist. (!)
But, my day will not have been completely useless. I decided to check out the outdoor public swimming pool. It was … heaven! Over lunch break- from noon until 1.30pm- we were only ten people in the pool. Even after school groups arrived, we still had a lot of room to swim and glide in the water. Oh, water! Rain! Sea! Ocean! I miss you so, very much!

Public outdoor swimming pool in Ho Chi Minh City
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