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Tips 1 - 9 of 9 Ho Chi Minh City Local Customs
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Local Customs: Why are the bottoms of the trees painted white??
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I've heard 2 stories. 1. To keep the insects from crawling up the trees. 2. To keep the motorbikes from wrapping around the trees. You pick.
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Local Customs: The fabled durian fruit ..
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People: Local Industry
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The first floors of many of these houses are open to the street. Here various laborers fix various mechanical items, from motorbike engines to small appliances. Historically those working on a specific kind of task would be grouped in the same street.
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People: Rooting for the home team!
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The Vietnamese are avid sports fans, particularly for football. This was the victory celebration the evening that the Vietnamese Women's team won their match in the SEA Games.
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People: A local fan:)))
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This young boy didn't seem to understand why we wanted to take his picture [our group was from Chicago:))] -- he was working at a small shop selling SEA Game t-shirts and Vietnamese flags. In the spirit of the celebration underway in the streets we all stocked up!
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People: Christmas Decorations everywhere!
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Well at least in the tourist hotels -- including some dreadful music. ["Frosty the Snowman" etc...] This was the case in Thailand and Cambodia-- even the bar waitresses were dressed in little santa outfits. It was weird in Thailand and Cambodia, but more understandable in Vietnam, which has a Catholic tradition.
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iwys Sat Jan 1, 2005 13:14 UTC
Great stuff. Thank you. | bpacker Wed Oct 20, 2004 06:58 UTC
Excellent page on HCMC. I was equally captivated by the fleeing mother pix in the War Museum and took the exact picture:) | globetrott Wed Sep 29, 2004 23:13 UTC
an excellent page & great pics, including "Uncle Ho" & lots of great travelogues. Vietnam looks like an interesting place to go ! | mvtouring Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:37 UTC
Lovely page with lots of info. Thanks for sharing with us :-) |
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