I had spent less than two hours of my life in a communist country when I accidentally stumbled upon my former employer's parent company flying commie colors.
Man that place went downhill fast. I guess they really did need me. Oh well, good luck comrades! Crossing the streets in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is a rite of passage. Below is me on a pretty busy road at a not too busy time of day.
Disneyland needs one of those! Quite a rush the first time round. The next morning we took a car on a tour. First cultural site in the agenda (not!) were the motorcycles, scooters, and motorbikes.
Yes they like to wear masks in Vietnam. They wear it as protections against bugs, pollution, and sun. But might as well do it in style like the little guy above. Burberry's new ad campaign: Fashion for your face. Or you can just look like a love child of the Grinch and that guy from the last Batman movie.
Nice. Next stop was the war memorial museum. I had to go to Vietnam to know how a German feels when WWII comes up. Oh bother. To bring happiness back into our lives we went here.
Which was turned out to be this.
Let's take a step back for a moment. Here's a better view.
Vietnam has some great coffee too. While it isn't a cup of joe, it is strong and dark and can be locally produced for a tasty cup of coffee. This place looked good.
But the wife preferred this place in stead.
I guess it wasn't my lucky day. But at least we got to see all of the sites. Here's Reunification Palace where the South's executive branch held office. The first president that lived here was so popular he won 600,000 votes in one district of 450,000.
I don't know what this place is.
This is an old post office. The French built it but Ho Chi Minh looks after it from his giant portrait.
Good to see ya again Uncle Ho. That one city block since your last picture was treacherous. It's also good to know that you have been mummified and I can view your remains at your personal mausoleum from 8:30-11AM. Ali hid from him in the phone booth.
As far as American rulers go, the Vietnamese prefer Bill Clinton. Slick Willy reestablished diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1995 and made an apology about the war. He ate at Pho 2000 and so did we. Not sure our picture is going on the wall though.
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