Saigon Ain't for Sissies

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Good lord, there are a lot of mopeds here...I almost died 5 times this morning whilst touring around Saigon. Thank g-d Jeff was there to pull me out of the way. No seriously. It's unbelievable. Picture New York City foot traffic....now put them on mopeds and maybe give 'em some speed. I'm serious. Words can't describe it.

There were some highlights however...we got to see the Reunification Palace which was home to South Vietnamese goverment officials until the North Vietnamese Communist tanks arrived in 1975. We also checked out the War Remnants Museum which shed some light onto the atrocities of the Vietnam War. Very uplifting stuff I tell ya'. Jeff thinks that it's perfect for our honeymoon. HAH!

We made it back to the airport unscathed to catch our short flight up to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam and bussling metropolis with a bit of French colonial flair. We're hoping there are fewer people on mopeds. Or maybe just some streetlights so that I don't have to keep following old Vietnamese ladies crossing the street.

More on Hanoi later...

Oh yeah, and we can't figure out how to post photos onto the site from our iPad. We'll keep working on it.

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Photos

Pods from JFK to NRT
This is DEFINITELY the way to fly...

HCMC Market
Lots fish...

View From Our Hotel
Here's Saigon from our window...

War Remnants Museum
After walking around a bit and checking out the markets, we ended up at the War Remnants Museum which was a bit of a sobering stop.

Reunification Palace
After the museum we went to Reunification Palace which is where the South Vietnamese government ruled until their fall to the North in 1975. It was built in the 60's and is an odd throwback to that time. Supposedly it was left largely untouched so you get a feel for what it looked like the day that the North invaded and ended the war on April 20, 1975

Comments

[Michael]

Thanks for the update & Thank God for little old Vietnamese ladies.............Hong Kong was the same way

[Sonali]

why do they have to put those barriers between the first class seats. i guess you want them if you're sleeping next to a stranger...at least most of the time