At the Zoo

While in Saigon my friend Khai and I decided to check out the zoo. After about 20 minutes of walking around it began to rain. We hid out at a little snack shop under a big umbrella and drank some tea and coffee. "It should only last about 30 minutes", said Khai.
After about an hour, the water started getting high enough and coming down hard enough that we were getting really wet even under the umbrella. So we made a dash for the snack shop and spent the next hour or two waiting... and waiting... and waiting. Finally we gave up and had to make a run for the exit. Khai had a raincoat in his bike, I had to buy one off a lady on the street.
The sad thing is I brought two raincoats with me on the trip and didn't have either one with me at the time. Sigh. What good is being prepared if you're not prepared?
Then Khai and I went back to his place and had dinner with his wife Jackie. Then we hung out around his place for a little while and talked. I didn't see much of the zoo, but it's nice to spend time with friends.