【 Romance 】 Viet Nam 6: Saigon (Saigon)

1.

If you ask me, what city to Viet Nam's deepest impression? I don't know how to answer you.

Hanoi's secular life, in the old style of hue, Hoi an ambience of the petty bourgeoisie, NHA of aquamarine, Dalat exoticism, all my memories of the cartridges valuable collections. But if you ask me, in which city the most free? I will not hesitate to tell you: Saigon.

Yes, Saigon.

Sai as a passing old legends, will go there are with fervent heart, as if to restore the lost era, has been to read some of the people's hearts, Miss the hot sun light mottle and the bustling of secular life, Saigon, is China's Shanghai, New York, United States, also has its place of Dharma, to me, it is free.

2.

Reach the legendary Kung is afternoon, bus stop at the famous Van 5 Argyle Street (Phan Ngu Lao St.) at the left of our sweat, and sped away.

The weather is very hot, so that people can't stand, even more intolerable, the hotel is full, and expensive, not less than $ 20.

Are aimlessly home inquiry, a black thin little grandmother stopped profusely we spoke with the surging into her room, and pictures of fished out room to show us.

So we end up with no mess around, followed by a PO.

Apple takes us to the village, the lead with her room, attic, or expensive, to us $ 15.

See we do not intend to, and takes us to the acquaintance of others to see. We know she is sure to be drawn into, or even — carrying dozens of pound backpack at 30 degrees of heat is not long before.

Villages in many people's door are posted on the "room for rent" signs, because the new year, every door hangs flag, also saw many gweilo in narrow only allow two people wrong body and walk in and out.

Because the room to find, we respectively.

I and c-turns, and finally find a place, in a home away from the top floor of the store, and is also on the family hotel (TAN THAN Hotel). Room shabby, two mattress collapse of big bed, without blocking the bathroom, muggy room old fans turning.

At night, we found the bed many ants climb climbing to, one of the only climb into my face, I grasp it threw down to the ground, ferocious says: Let me see you, shoot-to-door cannot be locked!, because it is the door from the outside, nor can withstand, I used something every night the bathroom plastic bucket in the doorway, compensations.

Night, dreams of gweilo in bar and get drunk, music is a powerful, dynamic and noisy.

This room also 10 dollars, because lots of good.

Lived here is very convenient for travel, on the main street, the street is all kinds of travel agencies, the office.

Wait until the night weather cool and sat in a small balcony, eating cheap ice cream, watch the bustling world rolling world, see flashing neon night, see gweilo ' walk, see crowds are pushing a cart hawkers ... This attractive secular life, two people sincerely sigh: alive really better.

08, 4, 15

3.

I like the name "Saigon", although now all the information, has been renamed Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon (Ho Chi Ming).

The new name is full of political means, and even seems to be taking its unique old atmosphere. So I am referring to the Viet Nam's largest city and port, always call it unshaken, Sai Kung.

In Sai Kung, a famous River crossing the city, in China it is called the Lancang Jiang, in Viet Nam, it is called Mekong (Mekong River).

DURAS in the my China North lover, this book has repeatedly described across the River, gloomy teenage love, despair, all in the Mekong River, in DURAS old voice, gradually staged and die. Just love to death, but has infinite no rivers, flowing.

In my imagination, the Mekong is dark green, or gray-blue, but didn't think it was a "yellow".

In this broad number of story-sur-staged, are a thing of the past, today I took a ferry to come to visit, but is a long-cherished wish of compensation, but want to know how long the Lancang memories.

Mekong tour basically every foreign tourists will participate in the project, approximately 8-10 per person, the office will be in US dollars of eye-catching position posted photos of the Mekong tour, looks very attractive.

But now the tour have been bad, see us-Vietnam war air-raid shelter, or visit the water supermarket, not even on the Mekong River for a while, but many remain in several small islands and forward and out, shopping.

4.

Chinese people on the road to strangers very enthusiastic, compared to Japan's indifference.

Our food will share some of their taste, then hills do not hesitate to see my point meal, Chinese said: "I want to eat it," raise your chopsticks helplessly watching you, so you have to agree.

In fact, it is not just Japan.

On the way home from Laos, I met a very pretty girl France, 22-year-old, going to NingxiaOf a country do research, write her master's thesis. She and two Chinese dinner, a male compatriots paid the money. France girl asking price, took out his share of big hands, people waved: tens of dollars, forget it. France girl listened to translation, sincerely said: I am afraid that in France will not encounter your generous man. Chinese hospitality, might be seen as arrogance, show off, good reputation, but I always believe that the Chinese people, have a sincere heart.

08, April, 30

5.

Alone in the hot sun to go to the Notre Dame Cathedral (Notro Dame Cathedral) and the General Post Office (Center Post Office).

Walking while inquiries, go for a long time.

After Mali Oman India temples (Mariamman Temple Hindu).

About new year's reason, incense is Mong abuzz. Someone selling hand of incense, I didn't go in, shaking his head, only in the street took photos of it away. Patience is going to disappear, he saw a General Post Office railway station, next to the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

This huge colonial architecture, with complicated gorgeous white Emboss and massive vault, depth of lobby with long rows of wooden chair, positive hanging huge portrait of Ho Chi Minh.

The post office wall painted with a site map, it is said that the old Saigon was France's hands to paint. There were many, mostly admiring the gweilo ', LP on detailed introduction.

I bought some postcards, dressed in a woman of Viet Nam Mayele, beautiful coastline, squat in old alley in the old, bear the fruit of black thin women, were sent to Beijing, Xian and Chengdu.

Each postcard plus postage total 11000D, RMB 5 Yuan, surprisingly cheap. Unfortunately, there are two has not received, as in the two Everest mailing postcards.

Out, looking for my picture pictures, just a young man from selling his fans, listen to my request, he is very straightforward: "sure."

Take a picture, I was on the front, he said again to pose. But this time he side angle side back found, has been retired to 10 metres away. An unknown feeling up on my mind: he that does not hold my camera ran? I wore Sandals weighed, sure to catch up with him.

Is it, pay close attention to each other, the young man took over, the camera back to me, I smile and thank you, a sigh of relief, also a bit ashamed.

Notre Dame Cathedral is also called the Red Church, is the most famous landmarks in Sai Kung, 1877 (also has information that was built in 1883) left by the old building, a souvenir of the colonial period.

It is said that the construction of the Church of red brick all shipped from France, so far without fading. The garden in front of the Church on the square, stands a weight of up to 4 tonnes of Virgin Mary statue, it was in 1945, the gift of the Roman Church.

A couple in a church wedding photo shoot before, with the increase of black men strong, face overflowing smile woman slim white wedding dress in the sunlight looks stunning eyes, although not outstanding, but shy happy smile but attractive eye.

At this time was past noon, my belly of hunger, but I heard that the Town Hall is not far away from this, you think: visit the Town Hall and then eat.

The town hall was the municipal government, now remains of the city of Ho Chi Minh City. Because it is a government agency, could not go in, I was sitting in the street opposite the garden looked at it.

Looked at through the city, I walk, see Bai Sheng and LV boutique, there are many special shops, this is the business district.

The heat of the Sun, go past the houses, not long after I lost that long after also did not find the right direction, but inadvertently walked to the Mekong River.

About transport terminals? the flow of passengers, the ferry clutter noise louder, and decadent legacy House, long shutter is sunlight is rain shower, white.

Simple wooden shed clothes hanging beside in the sunlight, wind, Hula sounded as though it has its own language. Stray dogs in indiscriminate dumping of rubbish you find satiety and food.

I'm sitting in the Sun by the Mekong River, watching Kung not as tourists are aware of the other side, suddenly felt sorrow: a ever in life is very rich, very humble life too, but not their own efforts.

Hawkers selling in the streets with baguette, this smart middle-aged women about that I am very tired, to a high price.

I chewing baguette, slowly to think walking in the right direction.

6.

China snow because of multistory, southern most regions caused the disaster.

Viet Nam seems to be another world, the weather has been a high temperature, or a big help to the gweilo sweat.

In Saigon, I spent the longest is the gweilo aggregation of van 5 Argyle Street.

Sometimes in the shelter of the balcony, sometimes sitting in the street, sometimes in the street of shops, see gweilo. They read a novel, listening to music, write notes, chat, drink beer, or trance.

And night clubs and bars, but not during the day.

The vibrations, music, people seemed for a faces, polite expression for a glamorous indulgence, I found strange. At night, the air conditioning is very cold, glamour flowers gradually opening up, I'll leave.p>

In Saigon, I bought some stuff, complete sets of tea, various packaging chopsticks, small accessories ... 70 liter bag gradually drop.

Appetite in General, but to buy a large bottle of water, the hot weather I consume large amounts of water.

"Sai people on coffee has an unusual love and dedication, this habit may originate from France colonial period.

Until now, many people still maintains many of the habits of French style, such as coffee, coffee pot with distillation, pressure at the bottom of the pot in a tight, coffee powder, plus a little bit of water, water pressure that has been infiltrated close coffee powder and then trickled through an export to Cup drip. So making coffee often need an hour to get a drink, taste and rich nature. -Coffee's reputation is thus formed. ”

Sometimes, the type of influence is enormous, and at least see the above text description, I wanted to in Viet Nam taste authentic style coffee, unfortunately, until leaving clues.

7.

So, I spent ten days time, hurried over a seahorse-like State.

To superficial understanding of a State, a ten-day still is very short, but as a tourist, I saw the look of, will eventually have to leave, just this once, I then have to resist gravity.

Then came the Cambodia and Laos, I deeply felt, by contrast, are more rich and Viet Nam, Internet access, dining, pure water are very cheap, the street cleaner, more keen to secular life, so I sympathize with the war-afflicted lame the Cambodian people, also close to nature without struggle of Laos, Viet Nam, I felt soul across the wind of freedom in General.

08, 5, 8

(Notre Dame Cathedral)

(Post Office)

(Town Hall)