Day 3: Fri 1 Nov - Ho Chi Minh City

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31-36 deg C, fine, sunny and humid, good visibility

After breakfast we headed out to see the sights of Saigon. Museum of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, aka Town Hall, Statue of Uncle Ho, Rex Hotel and the golden apricot blossom tree and bicycles, Saigon River, Tran Hung Dao Statue - a legendry 13-century military leader, Bitexco Financial Tower and Saigon Skydeck, Saigon Opera House, Saigon Central Post Office, Notre Dame, undergoing renovations), then back to the hotel for lunch in the hotel cafe, then a little rest. Greg went out again with Bob for about an hour to the huge market complex over the road from out hotel.

We met at 5pm to walk to a dinner venue chosen by Greg and Bob called Street Food, like a food court essentially. We all had meals washed down with some kind of fluid. Whilst Wendy returned to the hotel to rest her feet, Greg continued on to find Bui Vien Walking Street, a colourful and OTT entertainment street, with extremely loud, different music blaring out of every establishment. Just as he was about 100m from the hotel, the heavens opened up, and we got some thunder and lightning.







Rex Hotel Saigon






Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee

Uncle Ho





Mural at Highlands Coffee shop we had mornos at




Legendary 13th century military leader


Bitexco Financial Tower and views from the Skydeck

































A very thin but long house


Contrast - a very run down building

Saigon Opera House

Saigon Central Post Office



Notre Dame Saigon



Telephone exchange HCMC style


The ‘city’ views from our room







Walking street pics






Our hotel

Crossing the road in HCMC








Comments

  1. AnonymousNovember 2, 2024 at 4:16 AM

    It’s looks very interesting so far Wendy. You have great detail in your blogs, that takes a lot of time but is a great memory.

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  2. TinkieNovember 2, 2024 at 4:39 AM

    Wow....lots to see!! Take care and Hi to all the gang.

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