Millionaire’s Pants!

There comes a time when every pant* must be retired. A trip like this can be particularly harsh on the pant. Therefore, of course I was attracted to the Calvin Klein shop in Hanoi. Possibly the only shop for miles around selling a genuine anything. As the door was opened for us I guessed we may not be going to get the bargain I was hoping for. We’ve finally found a cheap country after South America bled us dry and the weak pound took it’s toll everywhere else. It’s almost hard to spend money here, dinner will cost £1-£1.50, smoothy about 50p and coffee 28p. The posh veggie meal with beer we just had at a fancy restaurant cost £5.50 between us. Dinner at a street noodle seller costs a tiny amount. I was somewhat taken a back when I saw the 1,000,000VND price tag on a pair of CK boxers. That’s a whole £42! Probably enough to eat from street stalls, breakfast, lunch, and dinner for two months.

*The meaning of “pant” should be taken as the UK meaning ie. “under crackers”