Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The Sphinx of Saigon

We went to this crazy amusement park in Ho Chi Minh City the day before Jenny came to meet us. This followed the basic pattern of finding activities that at times included levels of danger that would have been impermissible with a full parental complement. Anyway, it was like a giant State Fair full of sketchy rides. One of my favorites was the Sphinx, a faux Egyptian haunted house place. Abby insisted on visiting it as she felt she had developed a certain expertise in Egyptology by watching “Scooby Doo and the Pyramid of Giza” on the flight down to Vietnam. It had some scary fake mummies inside that sat up when you walked close by. Abby’s verdict – scary, but somewhat lacking in authenticity when compared to the Scooby treatment of similar content.

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