It may be Ho Chi Minh City, but its still Saigon to me. Its a fabulous busy, noisy, exciting city. I still can't believe how inexpensive accomodation and food is, add to that it is a safe friendly city. Safe, as long as you don't ride a motorbike, a tour guide told me over 30 people die every day on the roads, and I can believe that.
I am looking forward to coming back again soon.
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Off to school
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January 31st 2003, New Years Eve.
The city was so crowded with thousands of families celebrating New Years Eve.
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So many k\lights and colours.
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Chuc Mung Nam Moi
Means Happy New Year.
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Hotel Continental Saigon
There were some fantastic restaurants around this area.
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Dressed to kill
Dressed to kill on the back of a bike.
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Market
Anything you want, it is here.
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Some beautiful buildings
Saigon is a real mixture, some beautiful buildings and some not so beautiful.
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Power breakfast
8am, a quick breakfast and off to work.
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Riverside hotel.
The building on the left is the riverside hotel, and the road between the two...
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Spring House hotel
In district one this nice hotel was only $18 per night.
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Typical hotel
So many buildings in Vietnam are tall and thin, apparantly taxes are...
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Minh Chau hotel
In Bui Vien st, district one, only $8 per night.
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Viet Cong uniforms
At the Cu Chi tunnels, perhaps the highlight of my trip.
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Cu Chi tunnel example.
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Hidden trapdoor
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One dead tank.
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M16
A fantastic experience, firing this M16, the downside is the cost, $1 per...
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Land mines
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Some nasty little toys.
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Very nasty indeed.
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Notre Dame Saigon
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Cyclo driver
I rode around for a couple of hours with this friendly guy, but at the end he...
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New Years Eve
January 31st 2003, New years eve and everyone was buying balloons.
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Motobikes everywhere
A tour guide told me there were 2.5 million motorbikes in Saigon, he...
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