[Viet Nam] seven, Sai Kung (Saigon)

Seven, Sai Kung (Saigon)

13. five old

I'm not a fan of Marguerite Duras, I have been more, Agatha Christie, I like watching an unusually wonderful pen flowers, and guess who is the murderer.

I know many people that Duras, her many women charm, though I don't know what it is, but I know and read the lover, including novels and movies. My deepest impression is the movie, in that small room and Sun were broken leaf window interval into a paragraph. That occurred in Viet Nam Sai's story, flows into the Mekong River, flowing away in our time, but no one can prove that the story is true or false.

Only one thing for sure, Saigon (Saigon) is famous for DURAS more.

Although not necessarily famous is good, but it is undeniable that the famous necessarily more eye-catching. So many people remember the Sai Kung, including me.

But apart from this and the Vietnam war is the South Vietnamese Government is located here, I do not know the Kung and, even more, I was Pham and youngest have never heard of.

Don't get me wrong, Van's is not a person but a district, booklet van five old (Pham Ngn Lao Area), the Chinese people like to call it the Van 's, particularly the US, your partner in old five, it's easier to be wrong.

However, in order to not confuse everyone, I'm here or call her original short name.

Car park in the old Pham, we avoid Street, walk into the alley, finally found a cheaper Guest House, 10 dollars a night of triple room (actually added bed), room is very small, but this is the streets of Saigon, the hotel has more than 16 million dollars.

Arrival of the day we went to eat a snack bar, eat something I do not remember, remember the rain, a comparison to a rainy day, I shan't.

He finished his back, is one of the downstairs Netherlands men called out, he said that the storekeeper 35-year-old birthday today, I and 糖糖 's in there and sat for a while, 糖糖 only drank two small glass blushes as monkey ass. The Netherlands were too greasy crooked, always grasp the people say East said West. I took 糖糖 to go upstairs, the old left that meet on 1 personal Netherlands guys.

But the shopkeeper was a good man, he wasn't nailed the Netherlands's 35-year-old birthday trick.

His son and daughter are 20 years old, he didn't only trust demons 35-year-old. The owner's son is very white, often helped her mother at the front desk to greet guests and registration, daughter has been on the top floor room door with computer learning English, and later I used once her laptop, is born a girl going to the United Kingdom to study.

And so began my four days in Saigon.

In Viet Nam, the drink is Sai wine, I really like this name, I'm not too fond of the city's new name: Ho Chi Minh (Ho Chi Ming), Sai Kung, there are many anecdotal history stories, celebrities, Ho Chi Minh that name too serious, for our visitors, but seems there is a sense of distance.

Half a year later, I stay with friends in the back of the bar street, I suddenly understood that each country has one or several places, they are used exclusively for foreign tourists taste, travel, accommodation and shopping.

Van five old is such a place, it is full and cannot take the side of Viet Nam is Sai temperament of shop: clothing stores, national package stores, Western restaurant, various levels of the hotel or Inn, travel agents, on the street holding the feet have a m a stack of books, a look at the English version, are all the travel book, a world of LP (lonely planet), and then to shoot away, you can see local snack stalls and markets, we often buy fruit, I love Viet Nam's fruit, I love the fruit of Garcinia Mangostana l. in Viet Nam is cheap, I often buy some 20 10, only placed in the Inn of the fridge, but was soon destroyed.

The consumer and not high, it is the equivalent of China's Shanghai, Istanbul Turkey, but consumption is only slightly higher than other cities in Viet Nam, but the difference is not great.

And many of the van five old streets are delicious shop, cheaper, probably competitive, elevation: prices of course is not a good way.

But I still think the comparative lack of Viet Nam to purchase things, of course, the matter may vary from one person to Viet Nam's national character too little, except for some products there are many girls wearing cotton gabardine generation.

Many national style package, did not reflect too much flavor of Viet Nam, in South Asia, Southeast Asia and other countries.

The first night because of the rain, you can stroll around the store, saw a package stores, there is little skirt, very lovely, just like the proprietress bargain, said the buy me a two-year-old daughter.

She was very surprised, and asked me how old, asked my husband where, as this has been said that I am crazy 糖糖. But that little skirt is still in my room was carefully collection.

A few days later, once I go in urban areas and 糖糖 wrong road, passing through a national fabric products shop, the shop was a young girl.

Shop everything was exquisite pretty, nor to a counter-offer, I and sugar one bought a very small oblique cross-package.

Also inadvertently passing parkson, Viet Nam, the purchasing power of feeling noticeably weaker than Thailand and China, but many things with the Chinese brand price points.

In Viet Nam, the basic no buy what feels like old Pham is Thailand's on the road and Nepal's Thai Meier, but here is also suitable for eating.

Western food was cheap, a package, you can spend a lot of time. It didn't go to the Mekong River by boat, just sit motorcycle ever once looked at Viet Nam's Mekong, die off potential sit there for a while, because the River is very much the ants, they have been working hard line to walk away, so I always restless. So in comparison, the five old security was Pham, apart from mosquitoes. But when 糖糖 mosquito always knowing that dangerous, but also in front of a Sprint to kiss her smooth and delicate skin, I often take refuge.

Those numerous temples in Sai Kung, museums and other attractions, me the deepest impression was Pham and old, but in the Park and a

Group of teachers and students encounter. That day we walked to the reunification Palace, passing by a large park. A teacher with dozens of students to do the first appearance, the game is needed collective consciousness, boys and girls between each other on the good side, but no ambiguous. Old five has been lamented: such atmosphere really pure. Our growth, teacher and a thief, but many boys girls, shaped like a stranger (a new generation of Chinese students and we have not understood). About half an hour, we Cha, but no time flow. Not the strength of their youth, but a sincere and simple very pressing. Each of them with special fun to laugh, many pedestrians stopped to onlookers. We smile, really warm.

In Saigon, basically not ride in the car, on foot.

Saigon very sultry, always think like a steamer Lane, dumplings, here the temperature is 35 degrees all year round, but look at the Phoenix TV, India Mumbai was at the same time as high as 48 degrees, think here of 35 degrees or can live with. Just go on the road, the temperature was a bit of torturing people. Sai can go very much, about the history of the city. Memories of a city depends on many things, these are part of, and is an important part of the roof.

14, walk to Saigon

I have always wanted to, Sai Kung, no matter how hot days, people have more crowded, I have to be afraid of suffering is not afraid of tired, encouraging those museums unity Palace and other places.

Look at the map, from the old Pham is not far away, we chose to walk. True to walk up, didn't think so close, but a lot of time, even with a map, you still need to ask for directions, this will reach their destinations faster.

A, Mali Oman India temples (Mariamman Temple Hindu).

Built in the late 19th century, dedicated to the goddess of Mali Oman India, is the colour of South India. It's on the street side, come from the old Pham, to the great market direction, hardly a few steps to reach. It in the streets, there's nothing. We went, and only a very large cat walking up and down and stared. Inside the statue is a typical Hindu and entered also need to take your shoes off.

B, Ho Chi Minh City Museum (Ho Chi Minh Museum).

There are many stands for Viet Nam historical accumulation of things, you can see the old life of Viet Nam: textile, cropping, wedding, fashion, war, utensils, crafts and so on and so on. There are many historic photos of Ho Chi Minh, black and white. What surprises me most is that, Ho Chi Minh had lived to 91 years of age, the thin man had such a strong vitality.

Go out in the yard, there are three old aircraft, the paint has faded.

There are also antique cars, guns and tanks. Them in the courtyard of the weather. There are a few couple wedding photo shoot at the Museum, it seems there are people who get married like Sai to mark the occasion.

C, the people's Committee building (City Hall).

Very beautiful light yellow building, symmetrical structure, rich in front of the garden of France "style of sculpture is Ho Chi Minh. This is at the roadside, as still in use, so do not let go, but the floor is really very beautiful, so we still linger in front of the small garden in a lot of time.

D, unity Palace (Reunification Palace).

The ticket price with Ho Chi Minh Museum, is 15000D. Built in 1966, was the South Vietnamese Government's Presidential Palace. 1975 year 30 April morning, the first batch of tapping into the ninth army tank straight building, Sai Kung, so that the building records the Viet Nam war and the unity of a historic day. The building is very atmospheric, no decorative sculpture and decoration, more spacious space designer attaches great importance to building functionality. Every room retains the 32 years ago, the days of the original appearance. Theatres, shows, chess room and the Hall is on the top floor is very large, on the top floor also can see three roof a helicopter. If you are interested in history and architecture, the unity Palace in general you may find boring, but it's functional and simple design, I'm very fond of. Some of the facades with some decorative columns, not luxurious, but in the evening, light through them playing in the snow white wall, constitutes a strange and beautiful light and shadow effects like black and white photographs of old, and the historic significance of the unity Palace.

E, Notre Dame Cathedral (Notro Dame Cathedral).

It was built in 1877-1883. Very impressive, but not aggressive. It's pink facade not because of the passage of time and without injury, still gives off a soft color and light. This is the new Roman-style architecture, there are two 40-metre high white band Iron tip-high tower of the Quartet. Opposite the main entrance, is a statue of the Virgin Mary, for the first time to the time is at dusk, backlighting, decided the next morning again.

But really to go again, in order to see the Sunrise, very early.

Morning light falls to fight over, very pretty, not like in the evening, only a shadow of the pit.

F, General Post Office (Center Post Office) is just opposite the Cathedral of Notre Dame, France colonial building, very quiet unobtrusive style.

Inside the big Vault attracted many people to take pictures. Green iron bars are used to hide the drain, but corresponds with the post Office of green. It was built in 1886-1891, than the Virgin Cathedral of late years.

G, Sai Kung Central mosque (Saigon Central Mosque) is a South India's Muslim believers in 1935 in original mosque built on the site.

It is in the downtown, is a white building, very small, there a similar pool of water, used for prayer before baptism. Start we didn't find the right place, until into the national fabric shops, the little girl shop owner told us that we are looking for on the road.

H, Museum of fine arts (Fine

Arts Museum) is very large, the Museum has three floors, is the old yellow French architecture. The first floor is a painter's exhibition, Viet Nam has lots of his self-portraits so I was surprised, because like a foot Lu Xun and the brows and sharp eyes. The second layer is the number of the last century, drawing, printmaking, painting, gouache, water color painting. The third layer is more of a 1000 years ago, stone carving, wood crafts, here no one came, the whole afternoon only I and 糖糖 and three foreigners, the more it empty.

I, the War Museum (War Remnants Museum) went three times to come.

One day before you leave the unity Palace is time for going to the Cathedral. The result looks through the Virgin Cathedral of Sunrise back to the War Museum, only to find that it's faster to lunch, and afternoon to go to a Museum, art gallery and then, after reading the arrived at the War Museum, closed half an hour. So the third day, finally entered.

There are many photos of us military atrocities, have three malformation embryos, there are many more, America, Australia and other countries of the victims of Agent Orange.

Have a photo, is a participation in the United States soldiers in the Vietnam war, and his subsequent daughter photos, little girls look very beautiful, but because the Orange agent, she was born with one arm only. I watched a documentary, Orange agent is actually a kind of Agent Orange, is the US military to fight the hidden in Saigon near tropical jungle of the CPV and the use of, it is very harmful to human health, more direct is reflected in the war of the future generations.

There is also a photo that is pan or little girl because the whole body is on fire is stripped away sobbing, next to her 20 years in the United States hold their own newborn photos, her dress down some, to be able to see her full back of scarring.

This group in the "black camera" seen.

There are also pieces of Japan press comments a US toting residual dead and the US military and the ninth cranial photo photos: I really do not know they are the people or the devil? I was called 糖糖 to look, and feel very ironic.

Most people look bad to have a House probably 8 Hau died in the hands of US forces, including three women, one pregnant women 8 months pregnant, had their families had family in war, they also enjoy enjoying family.

Posted next to 1774, the United States Declaration of independence of fragment: everyone is born free and equal rights and so on.

Next to the Museum in the world including the United States at war photos, most of the countries of Latin America have stood on the anti-war ranks, and the United States of anti-war people were killed, there is a United States person to protest against the Vietnam war ex self-immolation in the White House.

There are many photos of field reporters, they use a real camera recorded the history, including a young woman of Viet Nam.

Information on Vietnam war dead in Viet Nam has 300 million people, including 200 million civilians.

There is war trauma, in a peaceful era at these, feel really tragic. Come here mostly foreigners, we face are very serious. Later, in Israel Jerusalem seen Jewish Holocaust Museum, but not too many bloody thing, after reading a lot better mood.

15, Viet Nam impression

War Museum after that morning 糖糖, old five, YANDA, YOYO, KELLY.

I went downstairs with subject other than the girl who 糖糖 hug good-bye, knowing that in the future maybe not goodbye. Their collective to Cambodia, I've just been to prepare yourself, stay in Sai Kung, then direct flight home. Viet Nam's ticket is also a need to call to confirm, who help me to call the airline to confirm.

The other day I was in the old Pham, nothing to buy, nothing to remember the small stalls to eat a porridge with Minced pork.

In Viet Nam, can eat porridge and difficult, or the locals eat a booth, I came across and 糖糖 's before. I sat alone in that eat porridge, down into the landscape, the local girls always secretly watching me, I washed them smile.

Forgot to say that before I heard long ago is Viet Nam, Sai Kung, most likely to be robbed of city motorcycle.

Rivers and Lakes is passed on: tourists taking pictures, the camera often being brushed past of motorcycle next to people robbed, if you want to recover, you can go to the flea market, you may be able to buy back your own camera. Therefore inherently timid Hong Kong is very afraid, YANDA she bought a document bag, tie in pants every day, a few days, the stomach cover a lot of red knots, she also pain and itchy, but still used a document bag.

I'm also more cautious, but I care more is in the shoulders back in front of the bag, carefully pulled up years ship is always right, but as a way to engage YANDA to anguished, I did not do.

My experience of Viet Nam, Sai GON, even without experiencing so much evil events, probably luck is part of the care is a part.

I was a taxi to the airport and in Guangzhou turn waited six hours.

With the two aircraft was a good guess of Putonghua Malaysia where I am, and at last the next plane can't help but ask me, results are guessed Korea Japan. Because I'm wearing pants, and Nepal. In fact, this is nothing special, probably they encounter fewer. I play with them and said Malaysia's long housing and butterfly, although I haven't been to Malaysia. Luggage is a dog to sniff, sniff out of favor my bag, ran to a Japan woman's bag there desperately smell won't go away, so that Japan woman was ordered to open the package.

Air exchanger in Guangzhou turnaround, the man said to me that piece of Beijing Guangzhou Fei has not been confirmed, so recent that ban is not my place, if you want to set the class, add 400 block.

I became furious, go to the shift manager, said: this is so expensive ticket, but also with money, but I can only confirm that in Viet Nam, Sai GON fly Guangzhou that, how to verify this Beijing Guangzhou Fei? a evil evil, his opponent down on weak momentum, wants to give me a seat.

Because Viet Nam only three week trip, return home and didn't

There are so many feelings such as joy, the difference with a trip to a difference is not great. But think of Viet Nam, builds up a little strange, Hippocampus, cartoon.

Viet Nam is a country in need time, from North to South, the long coastline, the road is very time-consuming.

And it's tourism city has its own style: Hanoi, Halong Bay, with flowers, Hoi an, NHA, Dalat, Sai Kung, are completely different. There's trouble, some static; in modern, classic; the waterfront, in the mountains. My favorite is the Sai Kung, although it is so hot, but its OK and live like does not live on behalf of Belle-lonely walk down the picture of Viet Nam. It has so many stories and history, crying laughing too, naturally lively.

Remember that in Hoi an, met a group of France photography groups, the photographer is a woman wearing boots, she beat two models: men and women of the handsome, very beautiful, with a golden yellow on the waist.

Men 's, women's motorcycle sat behind the indexes to the passers-by looking back frequently. Had no idea that Belle's "I feel" what, so see this beauty, always look at it could not resist. But now I'm more familiar with my "elsewhere" feeling, some people go to hiking, someone is going to look at the landscape, some people like to see buildings in Cairo to aramu said that he knew of a couple, in Egypt's purpose is to see bird shooting birds, they use a lot of gun shoot birds birds photos. I like most people, La impurity, landscapes, architecture, people, shops, animals, like, that are part of the trip. Fortunately, Viet Nam is not big beautiful women, but also the linjia little sister — though not surprised, but memorable.

Come back soon, see Cinema showing a department called the Hanoi, Hanoi, movie, poster is wearing cotton gabardine generation of Viet Nam Women's delicate silhouette, Viet Nam in my impression is that this child.

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November 28, 2007 Beijing newnew

(Notre Dame Cathedral)

(Ho Chi Minh Museum, see later newcomers to marry yet)

(Post Office)

(Behind the girl in the picture is very beautiful, but unfortunately is orange on victims, whose parent is a United States soldiers, the right arm was born just one stop.

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