Ho Chi Minh City Saturday morning
Saturday, June 30th. My last day in HCMC and I went for an hour walk after breakfast. Warm and muggy. Time for the second shower of the morning! Off to the US Chamber of Commerce 4th of July party/BBQ in a couple of hours.
Time to head home. I've run out of clean clothes!
Thought I’d post some final pictures from this morning’s walk. Old meets new in front of a statue of Ho, and a street sweeper in traffic. Street Pho vendor (noodles) where breakfast comes to you, and a sidewalk café amidst the parked motor bikes.
It’s an amazing place of contrasts. Hawking images of Ho for American tourist dollars. Bustling, hectic place, yet moments of serenity amidst it all with people calmly sitting having noodles, tea or a smoke in the middle of the sidewalk. Buddhist and Confucian family shrines with burning incense next to counterfeit Zippo lighters allegedly left over from the American War. Cyclo drivers all about offering rides to locals and tourists, or carrying cargo. Shoe shine kids surround the tourist hotels, and graceful young women in traditional Ao Dai’s on motorbikes. Endlessly fascinating.
Go to http://www.acjc.edu.sg/Spectra/VibrantCulture/Vietnam/aodaihis.html for some great pictures of traditional Ao Dai’s.
Time for second shower and it’s not yet 10:00 am!
Cheers,
Mark
Thought I’d post some final pictures from this morning’s walk. Old meets new in front of a statue of Ho, and a street sweeper in traffic. Street Pho vendor (noodles) where breakfast comes to you, and a sidewalk café amidst the parked motor bikes.
It’s an amazing place of contrasts. Hawking images of Ho for American tourist dollars. Bustling, hectic place, yet moments of serenity amidst it all with people calmly sitting having noodles, tea or a smoke in the middle of the sidewalk. Buddhist and Confucian family shrines with burning incense next to counterfeit Zippo lighters allegedly left over from the American War. Cyclo drivers all about offering rides to locals and tourists, or carrying cargo. Shoe shine kids surround the tourist hotels, and graceful young women in traditional Ao Dai’s on motorbikes. Endlessly fascinating.
Go to http://www.acjc.edu.sg/Spectra/VibrantCulture/Vietnam/aodaihis.html for some great pictures of traditional Ao Dai’s.
Time for second shower and it’s not yet 10:00 am!
Cheers,
Mark
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