Saigon, April 2006

by A Simon

Here are a few selected impressions from Saigon in April, 2006. I have never been to a city that seems to be so bursting at its seams with activity, but unfortunately I have not been able to arrest those impressions in pictures. This is what I have to offer instead:

50 Saigon Airport Waiting for Vieth Kieu
On arriving in Sagion, we ran into countless waiting Vietnamese; they are...

01 Saigon River at Dawn
Thanks to my jetlag, I saw the sun rise over the Saigon River from my...

05 Saigon Mun Theater Contintental Hotel
The heart of colonial Saigon, District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City: the...

07 Saigon Post Office
I fell in love with the interior of the central Post office. A map of Cochin...

08 Saigon Post Office
On the opposite wall, the map of Saigon.

09 Saigon Post Office
And uncle Ho presides over the central hall, but he can't see the...

12 Saigon Post Office
The phone booths, with their intricate detail.

15 Saigon Notre Dame
The catholic church Notre Dame, a postcard kind of picture.

16 Saigon Notre Dame Altar
And inside, this fine altar. Not sure about the nonbiblical elephant...

40 Saigon Fannys Icecream
Very fine ice cream at Fanny's in Saigon. In the foreground an hommage to...

29 Saigon Electricity Pole
Pragmatism: as long as it works, it works. No power outages to report.

33 Saigon Resto Boat on S River
As the night descended, this tasteful restaurant boat had docked across the...

37 Saigon Cholon Binh Tay Market
Tourists often end up at (or are shepherded into) the Ben Tanh indoor market,...

39 Cholon Binh Tay Market
It's a feast for the senses.

46 Saigon Sunset from Caravelle
The sun sets; Notre Dame has long been overtaken as the tallest...

article published 8/5/2006

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