After a nice stay in the rainy Hoi An, we arrived to the vibrant city of Saigon. Officially its name is Ho Chi Minh City after the north won the war. Most people in the south still refer to it as Saigon, so it is also our choice. We arrived after dark and immediately we noticed, that this city was very different to the other cities we have visited in Vietnam. There is no doubt that Saigon is the economic capital of Vietnam, even though Hanoi is the official capital. The first day we spent walking around in the city. We walked for 11 hours and yet we only discovered a small part of the city. Saigon in headlines must be: The traffic, the markets, shopping, the monuments, the pagodas, the war museum and the ultra
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