Most people from our tour were either flying to Cambodia for the post trip to see Angkor Wat (which we have already seen) or flying home. We have 3 more days to explore Saigon (for 10 years after reunification in 1975 you could get in trouble for calling it Saigon, but today it’s ok). The tour kept us very busy so we took today as mostly a down day. We walked around the city, specifically district 1 for a little while.
You can definitely see the impact of the French and American presences in Ho Chi Minh. It’s much more modern than Hanoi. As Rick says it’s like being in New York (I say almost). There are still some street food vendors and of course the market isn’t anything like NYC but it’s definitely much more western.
Here are a few pictures.
We spent the afternoon blogging and relaxing.
We had a good dinner at an Indian restaurant called Jalsa near the hotel. The food was really good, better than we can get near us. We made friends with the waiter, Anoop. He’s from Chennai and has been here since Jan 7. His commitment is for 2 years.
