| Page Views: 362 Last Visit to Ho Chi Minh City: March, 2007 | Chao HCMC! by liemel225 - last update: Jun 18, 2007 |
and the world welcomes Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam Flag with Uncle Ho |
formerly known as SAIGON, now the world is introduce to HCMC.
i say its a about time. i know most people are still more familiar with the old name from movie titles to broadway shows Saigon was used more often to depict a certain past this country had to go through.
and now i think it is just but a proper way to start afresh.
a clean slate...
a new name...
as a new people,
more equipt to face the future
because of a lesson well learned in the past. |
| Tan Son Nhat International Airport |
|  | Arriving... Ho Chi Minh City, Tan Son Nhat International Airport welcomes you to the heart of modern Vietnam. After getting out of the airport premises you will certainly see the buzzling city... in ways you will never imagine! Lemme just say that one step outside the airport will be signal for all taxi driver to start surronding you and overwhelm you with prices for a drive to District 1. |
District 1 - where everything seems to be From mega hotels to tourist inns
franchise restos to local foodstores
buildings to boat houses
art stores, art galleries, parks, and gardens
name any interest and this district can accomodate it all
i spent 5 days days here and explored
the mix and match of historic and modern day Vietnam | | |
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| Pros: | "a well compact tourist sights (most sights featured on tourist maps/guidebooks are walking distance from each other)" | | Cons: | "motorbikes... all i can say: yikes!!" | | In A Nutshell: | "it truly is the Pearl of the Far East" |
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