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Local Customs: Chinese Bakeries
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  • Written by SirRichard on Oct 12, 2003
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    • Ho Chi Minh City - The piggie on my hand, looking at me...
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    • Since I first arrived to HCMC, I felt curious of those chinese bakeries, with all those red boxes in the windows, and all those pastry things with strange names...
    So 1 day I decided to try. I bought one of those mysterious red boxes, and see what came out!! (see pic), a cutty little pig, with eyes and mouth!!
    I first thought of keeping it as a souvenir, but too difficult to carry, and I was hungry too... so I had to "sacrify" it... delicious, try it if U have the chance ;-)) Kind of sweet marzipan...

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    Local Customs: Chinese Bakeries (II)
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  • Written by SirRichard on Oct 12, 2003
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    • These are the shops I was talking about. So colourful and mysterious... and all the same all over Saigon. They seemed to sell the same kind of stuff, a kind of marzipan, sweet, with a hard surface... delicious!!
    You will find many in Cholon, the Chinese district, but also in many places around town.

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    People: Beauty faces
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  • Written by SirRichard on Oct 14, 2003
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    • Vietnamese people have nice delicate aspect. I saw this little girl in a traditional music show during a Mekong Delta organised tour. She and her sister sang traditional vietnamese songs during a morning break for a tea at a local farm.

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    Politics: The Ho Chi Minh portrait
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  • Written by SirRichard on Oct 14, 2003
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    • Being a National Hero and father of the Nation, I was expecting to see portraits of HCM all over Vietnam, in every shop, corner and public building.
    But surprisingly, the cult of the personality doesn't sem to go so far here, and I just saw a few portraits in some govermrnment buildings... oh, and in every bank note too!!

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    juleshark Tue Sep 8, 2009 19:23 UTC
     Having been a GI in Saigon in 1968 and 1969 I couldn't help but smile walking down most streets in District one after a 40 year absence. KFC, Pizza Hut, Sheraton, Starbucks, etc. The old hard line communists must feel they were sold out.    		Matyas Sun Jun 21, 2009 19:21 UTC
     Wonderful page. So how much was that Mekong Delta Tour? Just curiosity:)
    roamer61 Mon Jun 16, 2008 19:03 UTC
     Nice page on HCM City. Vietnam is on my list.    		Happytour Sun Jan 28, 2007 06:17 UTC
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