Funny thing happened on the way to a gay bar last night...
I am presently in Saigon, Vietnam, (Ho Chi Minh City) and staying in the downtown area which is relatively safe at most times of the day, as long as you avoid the typical street scams from taxis and cyclo drivers, and those wanting to sell you their sister for an evening of enjoyment....blah blah..
anyway I was going out last night for a drink around 10 pm and as I headed out the front door of my hotel, the concierge asked me where i was going.. I told him the address, and he advised me to take a cab. When i told him that I preferred to walk to the place (I secretly wanted to checkout the park that was enroute to this bar as I had heard it was very cruisy at night)
he said to me...."you have to be careful in Saigon. there are many dangerous people on the streets at night that will attack you." when i inquired as to what kind of dangerous people would attack me he said "well let's just say there are lots of homosexuals out there at night"
I told him that would be fine as I was going to a homosexual bar anyway...at which point he told me that there were no homosexuals allowed in Saigon and there were certainly no homosexual bars here.....
I shrugged it off and went to have a drink in the non existent homosexual bar...
and darn it, i did not get attacked once on the way!
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