"SAIGON" a Ho Chi Minh City Travel Page by wanderingbilly

HO CHI MINH OR AS I PREFARE TO CALL IT SAIGON, IS A CITY THAT I HAVE LONGED TO SEE FOR MANY MANY YEARS..
I LOVE HISTORY AND THIS CITY IS COMING DOWN WITH IT.
THE VERY NAME STIRS THE MIND WITH THOUGHTS OF A BITTER FOUGHT WAR BUT ALSO OF A LAND OF VERY HAPPY PEOPLE..
A LAND WHERE ITS PEOPLE SMILE AND ARE PROUD OF THEIR COUNTRY AND ARE NOT BEHIND THE DOOR IN TELLING YOU SO.
SO AS OUR PLANE CAME THROUGH THE CLOUDS AND TOUCHED DOWN MY MIND RACED WITH THE MANY PLACES AND THINGS I WANTED TO SEE AND DO.
SAIGON WAS TO BE AN ADVENTURE..FULL OF FUN..HISTORY..SIGHTS..SMELLS..AND AT TIMES FRUSTRATION.
IN A CITY OF MORE THAN THREE MILLION MOTORBIKES CROSSING THE ROAD BECOMES A WALK ON THE VERY WILD SIDE !!
JUST WALK FORWARD AND NEVER LOOK BACK.. A BIT LIKE LIFE ITSELF.
SAIGON IS A CITY THAT CREEPS UP ON YOU AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THIS SMOKE FILLED PEOPLE FILLED BIKE FILLED MEGGA CITY..
STICK AROUND LONG ENOUGH AND YOU MIGHT NEVER LEAVE !!!
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** FOR VIDEO OF CROSSING THE ROAD IN SAIGON, CHECK-OUT MY HOME PAGE**
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REUIFICATION PALACE
CU CHI TUNNELS (GETTING TO FIRE AN AK-47)
WAR REMNANTS MUSEUM
MUSEUM OF HO CHI MINH CITY
BINH TAY MARKET
CHOLON (CHINA TOWN)
MAIN POST OFFICE
REX HOTEL (ROOF BEER GARDEN)
CAFE ZOOM (WATCH SAIGON WIZZ BY)
WALKING ACROSS A STREET OF BUSY TRAFFIC..AND BACK AND LIVE !!!
TAKING A CYCLO RIDE (GREAT INTRO TO THE CITY)

AFTER FIVE FANTASTIC DAYS IN SAIGON WE HAD TO UP AND LEAVE THIS BUZZING CITY AND MAKE OUR WAY INTO CAMBODIA.
WHEN WE ARRIVED IN VIETNAM WE HAD THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD JUST DO THIS BY BUS. BUT AS WE WANTED TO SEE THE MEKONG DELTA AND TIME WAS SHORT WE THOUGHT WHY NOT COMBINE THE TWO..
THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT WAY OF SEEING THE DELTA AND THE LOVELY PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND WORK THIS GREAT RIVER PLUS SERVE AS OUR ENTRY INTO THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA.
TO FIND OUT HOW OUR TRIP WENT PLEASE READ MY TRAVELLOGUE AT THE FOOT OF THIS PAGE...