After 4 nights in Saigon - we were very comfortable. It is a booming tropical city.To me - it is a war relic of my childhood. It was on TV every night. But that ended in 1975. They have 95 million people. Lots of American companies come here to do business. There are many more white people here than where we live in China. 10% are Catholic. The government does not encourage religions. It is communist.
It is 11 degrees north - hot all year round. It has a big rainy season that just ended. The pollution seemed to be worse here than back in Beijing. The traffic is much worse here. Also the gasoline scooters really pollute the air along the street.
The big old Saigon River crawls through town - carrying lots of cargo and people. Many tourists from all over the world - come here.
Today - we fly back to China.
Museum designed during French Colonial time
Carrying propane tanks on scooter
Carrying a table
Three on a scooter
Three more on a scooter
Propane in traffic
Open walking plaza in front of city hall
City Hall Saigon
Wedding pictures on plaza
Having your hair done in McDonalds
Ho Chi Minh
The Rex Hotel where reporters used to meet
Rex Hotel
The main plaza
Ho Chi Minh - died in 1969 before war ended
City Hall
Not busy Saturday
Notre Dame being renovated - no money
In 2005 - this statue started to cry
Crying statue
1891 post office still in use
Ho Chi Minh in post office
Toy made of spare parts
The elevator shaft where last helicopter left
Independence Palace
Palace where South Vietnam president lived
Palace conference table
Helicopter used to extract South Vietnam president
Bitcoin machine at the restaurant
We had wood fired oven pizza
Steps in our hotel up to our second floor
The new downtown form old French Quarter
The roof top on our hotel and the Saigon River
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