This is our first trip not only to the city of Saigon Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam, but also the continent of Asia.
To provide context, we traveled approximately 35 hours on the days leading to the morning that we arrived.
We had a scheduled tour for the Vespa food experience that evening. We had no idea what to expect, but were anxious to see what it was all about.
Our guide, "Vi", promptly met us in front of our hotel that evening. There were three Vespas, one with a driver for her, and two other Vespas with drivers for both my wife and I. As I am a someone larger human being (6'6" - 250#), I was a bit concerned about a Vespa driver being able to traverse around the city with me on the back. My fears were quickly dissipated, as he ("Bi") was an extremely competent and secure driver, and I never had doubt that we would arrive to all of our destination safely.
Vi was a perfect tour guide for us. She was competent, professional, engaging, and quite friendly. She chose several very great restaurants, with full of local Vietnam flavor, and a bit off the beaten path. This provided us a good insights into the local flavor of the Saigon people.
The icing on the cake was, the took several pictures of us during our Journeys that evening. We had no idea, but at our last stop, she had interfaced with her office, and they hand delivered a small gift sack containing a very beautiful booklet on a ring binder, with all of our pictures mounted therein.
This tour was not expensive, but it provided such great memories that I would highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to experience the flavor of Saigon from an insider's viewpoint.