Havercuse: the first thing you need to know about Ho Chi Minh City: traffic, scooters, scooters, traffic, scooters, traffic, traffic, scooters
Havercuse: Tallest building in Vietnam, the Bitexco Financial Tower
Havercuse: traffic so insane it spills onto the sidewalks almost everywhere
Havercuse: having a beer on the Saigon River
Havercuse: locals still call the city "Saigon", especially the central regions
Havercuse: besides scooter traffic, the other dominant theme of Ho Chi Minh City -- and all of Vietnam -- is food. Amazing, amazing food.
Havercuse: that's City Hall in the distance, a former French colonial luxury hotel. It's not open for tourists.
Havercuse: Ho Chi Minh City Museum
Havercuse: everyone knows this photo
Havercuse: the last stand of the South Vietnam government was here
Havercuse: in the basement of Reunification Palace
Havercuse: outside the War Remnants Museum
Havercuse: Old Saigon and new Ho Chi Minh City, juxtaposed
Havercuse: Saigon at night. Looks pretty much the same as 1972, right?
Havercuse: Draught beers are roughly a quarter.
Havercuse: I didn't get any sun in Nha Trang, the beach capital of Vietnam, but it was warm
Havercuse: Buddhist temple in Nha Trang
Havercuse: I like this Buddha, he knows how to chill out -- like any self-respecting Buddha should.
Havercuse: view of Nha Trang from the hill with the giant Buddha
Havercuse: Hoi An, ancient village on the central coast. The whole place is a UNESCO heritage site.
Havercuse: Hoi An, ancient village on the central coast. The whole place is a UNESCO heritage site.
Havercuse: Hoi An
Havercuse: delicious Pho in Hoi An
Havercuse: Ancient Chinese meeting halls in Hoi An
Havercuse: awesome art, carved from trees
Havercuse: This is an ancient bridge built by the Japanese hundreds of years ago. Its purpose was to link the Japanese merchant area to the Chinese merchant area to facilitate trade.
Havercuse: Hoi An, ancient village on the central coast. The whole place is a UNESCO heritage site.
Havercuse: The Citadel in Hue, built by Vietnamese emperors when Hue was the capital of the Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century.
Havercuse: Inside the Citadel in Hue, built by Vietnamese emperors when Hue was the capital of the Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century.
Havercuse: the small central coast city of Hue