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Ho Chi Minh City - S.Vietnam

by Jeffrey Mudaliar

Garden in Ho Chi Minh City
Artistic? A Garden opposite the Saigon Chancery Hotel. Peaceful...at times.

Garden
Tall trees and landscaped garden, peaceful. A lot of the locals visit this...

Ben Thanh Market
Famous market in Ho Chi Minh. Must visit!!

Main Road - Outside Ben Thanh Market

Ben Thanh Market - Flower Shop
Notice the yellow and pink flowers how huge they are? Roses?

Inside Ben Thanh Market
Just a small area inside the market. The stall in the foreground is selling...

Soft-drinks
There are international soft-drinks like Coca-cola and Sprite....

Vietnamese Desserts
Colorful and they reminded me of Bubble-tea in Singapore.

Souvenir Shop
A wide variety of lacquer ware, silver, wood and leather accessories.

Trinklets & Costume Jewelery Shop
For the ladies. You'll be dazzled by all that costume jewelleries.

Fruit Vendor
You will find all kinds of tropical fruits and their own - Dragon Fruit!

Ben Thanh Wet Market Section
Wet markets in Asia are notorious for being dirty and foul-smelling....

Presidential Palace
The former and last President of South Vietnam occupied this Palace....

Presidential Palace
It's open to public.

Notre Dame Cathedral
A view inside.

Notre Dame Cathedral
Another inside view.

Notre Dame Cathedral
From the outside.

Notre Dame Cathedral

The General Post Office
You will also find a gift/souvenir shop inside.

Please Buy Post-Cards
The little girl shadowed us from the moment we stepped out of our...

The General Post Office
Main entrance.

A Vietnamese Wedding Couple
They were taking pictures near the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Vietnamese Wedding Couple
They obliged me.

Lacquer Factory
Visited a lacquer factory in Ho Chi Minh. Very tedious process.

Lacquer Factory
Another tedious process in progress. Notice some of the finish...

Lacquer Factory
Egg-shells are used for some of their art products. Very tedious. And...

Soft Toys

Remnants of The Vietnam War
The War Musuem

The War Museum

The War Musuem

Down Town Ho Chi Minh
The quieter side of the city. There are plenty of shops - branded stuffs, etc.

The Arts Theatre

Down Town - Another view

Handicraft stall
He sells stuffs made from beer and soft-drinks cans. Stuffs like caps,...

Handicrafts
Intricate stuffs - made from wood.

Cyclos
You can find many of these in Ho Chi Minh. Bargain before boarding!

The Tandoor - North Indian Restaurant
Found this North Indian restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City near the Saigon...

Hindu Temple
Was surprised to find a Hindu Temple in Ho Chi Minh. Guess what? The devotees...

Park & Playground

Ben Thanh Market - Vegetable Section

Ben Thanh Market - Meat Section

Pig's Brains
Some will squirm at these.

Sea Food
A wide variety of seafood are sold at Ben Thanh Market.

Sea Food
Ladies sorting and preparing sea food for some food shop I think.

Night Market near Ben Thanh Market
If you still want to shop after Ben Thanh Market closes in the evening, go to...

Night Traffic

Night Market

Carrot-Cake Hawker
Spotted this carrot-cake hawker near the night-market. We sampled it....

Carrot-Cake Sampler
My wife Annie sampling the carrot-cake and sugar-cane juice.

Night Market Stall

Balloon Vendor

Night Traffic
There are about 4 million motor-cyclist in Ho Chi Minh City - about the...

Night Traffic

T-Shirt Vendor
The young lady in yellow t-shirt has a stall inside Ben Thanh Market...

Baguettes Stall
A French legacy.

Fresh Coconut Water

Cigarette-Vendor
You'll find a few of these vendors in the streets of Ho Chi Minh. Mostly...

Street Snack Hawkers
It was sunday morning and the street opposite the Saigon Chencery Hotel were...

Guava Stall

Vietnamese Pancakes?

Vietnamese Snacks

Bustling City

The Saigon Chancery Hotel
We stayed here. Nice. Reasonable and safe.

article published 05/20/2007

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