Showing posts with label Saigon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saigon. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2011

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, in photos II

Peace from a foxhole Viet Cong style at the Cu Chi Tunnels.
In the words of Eminem 'Bitch, Imma kill you.'
Imagine living in these for 16 years.
Me and Ho-Ch
Shashlik!!!
War Remnants Museum
War Remnants Museum
More HIV/AIDS posters than Ive ever seen in NYC. (This was not at the War Remnants Museum)
War Remnants Museum.
Dirty Americans out now!
The quote is something like 'Them Vietnamese better surrender or we'll bomb them to hell.' Team American...=/
Boy like tanks.
I like planes.
February 2nd, New Years Eve. Crazy crowds everywhere!
Me and the German.
Crowds ready for the fireworks! The German was almost robbed as a woman put her hand into the pocket which contained his wallet. He caught her though. Nuts!
Fireworks! They were mighty impressive and the Vietnamese were awesome to watch them with,
as they would 'oo' and 'aa' with every explosion!
And then we attempted to cross the same street it took us one minute to cross the night before. It took us about 30 minutes, stepping over motorbikes, switching places with the locals who were going in the other direction, laughing.
Happy New Year from Vietnam! (Two New Years celebrations in a month's time!)
And then the shops closed and Vietnamese families gathered and gambled, ate, and hung together. (5 days later it is still this way.)
Gambling.
Oh yeah, if the Vietnamese aren't squatting everywhere instead of sitting, they sit on really low stools...some are even lower than these.
Rolls of some sort.
Pepsi wins over Coca Cola here. Cambodia was Coca Cola over Pepsi.
Last photo of Minnie before I stabbed here and inhaled her. And my new hoodie.
Tet festivities continue. Everyday for days.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Crossing streets in Saigon can be quite the adventure. Let's time it!

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, in photos I

Saigon with Minnie!

Ho Chi Minh City, a great place.


Number 3. They block facebook, so it must be an evil!

All sorts of flowers in preparation for Tet!

Sunflowers <3

Mariaman Temple

Mariaman Temple. Really loved it here even if the guys out front selling incense and flowers totally ripped me off.




Ear war. Yikes!


Flower dragons! Tet celebrations. Construction is halted for 20 days during this holiday!

Its the year of the Kitty Kat!

So hot, the flowers were sweating!



These trees are so cool!

Independence Palace in the Communist architectural (note: ugly) style.

*enter gun sounds here*

Old maps.

Only after this was taken did the German inform me I was aiming for a wall...

Old school.


My banh mis are less than a dollar, yours?

This may or may not be a photo of me drinking iced coffee. I did not drink more than that sip. See, I tried a sip of another iced coffee (note: lots of condensed milk) and it was sweet and good and didnt taste like coffee at all...this did taste like coffee so I couldnt finish it...but its still a big deal that I overcame my issues and tried some.


Fish boat.

Year of the Cat! Meow!


Me on flower street. Sooo many flowers on this street.





Year of the Cat

How many motorbikes can fit on one street?

Ho Chi Minh.