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Saigon Street Scene
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Notre Dame Cathedral in Saigon.
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Ho Chi Minh City Hall
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We came upon a buddhist temple in Saigon and caught them in the middle of a chant.
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Pano of Saigon from Turtle Lake
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Lots of what I presume is propoganda in Saigon. Don't know what it says, but I'm sure one of you can translate.
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This kid followed us around for about 5 minutes just saying "hello!" Every time we said "hello" back he giggled and ran away.
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This guy is putting up new wires, and he's actually standing on the bird's nest of old wires.
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Saigon's power and telephone lines were even worse than Hanoi. They just seem to string them up on top of each other.
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We had lunch at Lạc Thuận in Huế. Ngọc, the owner, hostess, waitress, and chef, was born deaf and mute. She now reads lips in both English and Vietnamese. Her grandparents started a restaurant in Huế in 1954 (which is still open), and now she has
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We also went to the war remnants museum, which was very sad. I'm still not sure what we were ever doing over there, and it's a shame so many people on all sides gave their lives for nothing.
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Underground bunker at the Palace, the tunnels go all over Saigon.
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After the war, it's where commies had some important meetings and speeches.
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View from inside the Imperial Palace where the South's government was headquartered.
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Tran Hung Dao led the Vietnamese to defeat over the Mongols, and now his statute taunts the Mongols.
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And then we got to Saigon, which is even more bustling than Hanoi somehow.
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Pano of the river in Da Nang
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Monkey god protecting the Japanese bridge in Hoi An
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Fish market in the middle of the street.
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Hoi An
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Hoi An
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Chinese community house in Hoi An
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Chinese community house in Hoi An
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Chinese community house in Hoi An
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Hoi An
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Cafe in Hoi An.
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We used Da Nang as a jumping off point for Hoi An, a historic town that hasn't changed much in a few hundred years.
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Pano view from our hotel room balcony in Da Nang.
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Street scene in Hué
