08 Mar @ Viet Nam (3)--Saigon

Sai Kung, sounds better than "Ho Chi Minh" more like tropical city name, is a romantic and more.

Quiet from jinmo city, Saigon Street motorcycle army simply as grasshoppers, roaring from around flashed.

Several films depicting Kung Kung is portrayed as the quiet eastern cities, only 007 Royal Casino WHIR, hey it somewhat Kung flavor.

This is a Good Morning, Vietnam after the first impression.

(Kung motorized troops)

The road is wide, but as most of the urban roads are one-way traffic, very ordered, never met such a road, Shanghai, Beijing, blocked by the hexed.

We in Viet Nam, had seen only in Dalat once traffic police, other times a traffic police (let alone xiejing) have not seen. But almost every good motorcycle riders are wearing helmets, Shou-red light.

Kung Street car not large, in per capita annual income of less than $ developing countries, is a luxury car, a taxi is not suitable for the average person, $ 1/price estimates most Km Chinese people do not dare to play.

In the streets of Saigon, we saw a very serendipitous this thing — water coconut.

Mekong River water in the growth of a plant, some from Viet Nam, the Mekong River in the travel tour, in addition to visiting the floating market, turbidity of Mekong River water, coconut sugar workshop, is to look for water coconut, we are only interested in the Shui coconut, met in the streets of Saigon.

Laoshibajiao boys do not speak English, took out a 10,000 shields banknotes (less than RMB 5 blocks). Our nodding, he began to cut the fruit pulp, digging. White flesh, a bit like jelly, no taste, we figure a fresh taste of a few that you no longer need to cut up, cut the head off DD, to not stop, cut down half an hour not know can not be cut out of a bag.

(Legendary water coconut)

In Viet Nam the train always checked (http://www.vr.com.vn/english/), we found from Saigon to Nha has a special 5 Star Express (5Star Express), evening rounds up to.

YouTube also found the 5Star Express video looks really very good! but seems very few netizens to Viet Nam's train, we do not have easy online booking.

In the old Pham, we found the 5Star Express stores, see the propaganda, is truly a luxury train fare is not expensive (compared to China's sleeper and soft sleeper), Viet Nam locals can't afford such a train ticket, foreigners do not know this, but ...

Train! allegedly took and decorated cars, we estimate 3 month no business reluctant to open season. 5Star Express staff recommended SN2 of soft sleeper, 490,000 guilders per ticket (219 Yuan), more than the 5Star Express about 4 hours (19: 40-6: 30), win! later discovered that the car was empty, became our balcony, all the way at ease sleeping to NHA. (LP and the vast majority of travel is recommended for tourists sitting Open Bus, because that is the most Viet Nam Style means of travel, but the cover of the LP is Viet Nam Viet Nam train. ）

(Handwritten ticket)

Kung red Church open time is very limited, in fact, nothing special.

But several Office buildings around the more interesting, like the back of the Diamond Plaza, many Korean and Japanese companies Viet Nam headquarters here.

Viet Nam's labor costs are relatively low, such as Adidas, Columbia's Sourcing many headquarters here. Viet Nam's gap, in District 1 of several core Office can see. (The same is true in China. )

(Kung Church)

Reunification Palace.

This is now called like that, before the fall of South Vietnam's regime called independent Palace. Seems like it was RMB 2 bucks tickets. In Viet Nam, very few attractions is your ticket to receive, nor are such "civilians". Most of the attractions in China has been crazy, even the Huangshan are listed, and maximize the benefits ...

(Unity Palace)

Kung Central Post Office, France in southern Vietnam still leave a lot of useful things, postal system is one of the two.

The Central Post Office of postcard is the most expensive elsewhere just anywhere as long as 1/4 the price. A postcard sent to China to 7,000 shield (3 blocks more than RMB), nearly 20 days to, super slow.

Prior to Viet Nam for fear of hands some work still needs to research about Viet Nam of mobile communication.

1. Viet Nam GSM system, domestic GSM mobile phone completely compatible.

(Mobile phone, etc. all the things you do not need to declare the GATT)

2. after the plane will receive China Mobile's SMS (in Viet Nam, all domestic SMS are free of charge), all prices, important phone numbers in the text message.

3. send SMS back to domestic, approximately RMB 2 per article, you will need to open international roaming.

4. phone home super expensive, did not dare to try.

5. Viet Nam local mobile phone, you can buy similar around the divine line card, about 50 Yuan to buy the phone bill containing 100 Yuan.

(Recommended to Taobao, find any remaining cards because I left calls of card Taobao sell. )

6. Viet Nam one-way fee, if you are a domestic call back, much cheaper.

(Internally available IP phone or fixed telephone, etc.)

7. several Viet Nam local phone you may need to make/receive: hitting the Airlines offices confirmed; such as hotel reservation

The hotel may confirm the telephone; make car/motorcycle chicken with duck say, back to the hotel to let them local people ask how to get there.

In the first days, a lot of things are fresh and unfamiliar large amounts of money, no loud noise of the fan Argyle Street, located Guest House, color rich building ...... but several major tourist attractions become relatively familiar, too many photos and travel notes describe them.