3/26 Is there really a river?

After a pretty successful if not rushed interview with ILA's CELTA program,  I walked again determined to find the river.  Found bookshops full of English teaching books, grocery stores full of chewing gum and dairy products, small department stores for small people, fabulous gardens, immaculate streets, hidden markets, more manicured parks, but no river;).  Regardless it was a wonderful if not brutally hot walk.  By the time I got back to my favorite table, and time challenged rooster, I was ready for pho and bed.