Pictures: tour of Saigon

«Ò» ¡ ¢ first impressions

Departure from Singapore, our line of 6 people take Singapore flights direct to Viet Nam Sai.

Visit Kung, we can't help with curiosity, even some mysterious mood.

Because, in the junior school, we know there is a South Viet Nam "Sai" city.

At that time, the impression is: the United States soldiers, Gibson girl, noisy bars, glamorous nightlife · · · · · ·.

Now, Sai has been renamed Ho Chi Minh City.

To tell the truth, at the aircraft, the first impression is not very good. First, the opening time is too long to wait for 40 minutes. Secondly, feel too old Kung international airport. Airport entrance Plaza, ruckus, mess, Shanghai railway station square.

Sai a friend to the airport to meet us, sending us to the city centre accommodation.

From the airport to the city centre, the road is narrow crowded. Along the way, mostly short House, but three or four layers. However when close to the city centre, people feel good.

Kung District, called "County", followed by a County, County, County · · · · · ·.

Downtown is very beautiful, those buildings, streets, sculptures, large yellow, reveal France flavor, Western pastiche.

Friends took us in the Ho Chi Minh square edges of Crown Hotel (4 stars) lunch.

This shop for Chinese, taste good.

Second, Sai Kung 1

Saigon City area is approximately 2300 square kilometers with a population of about 800 million, of which 100 million migrant population.

The population density is likely to exceed Shanghai. In Saigon, 50 million Chinese.

Due to historical reasons, the Sai is very romantic.

Friends say, Sai Kung, very relaxed pace of life is slow, it will enjoy.

In friends, we have visited the Saigon city, Notre Dame Cathedral and post office.

In the post office, we send a postcard to home a memento of the occasion. Roadside many hawkers are hawking stamp set. I bought a book, the more the price of $ 50000 shield.

The peer-some people like antiques, antique.

So a friend and took us to a curio shop Street and crafts all for a look. Antique street is very small, not much worth seeing. Arts and crafts shops of lacquer painting was good, Viet Nam. We bought some paint painting.

Then go to the Mall and see the city centre, found inside the lacquer painting than many arts and crafts shop cheap.

Thus, we have bought a lot of lacquer painting small crafts.

Dinner at a place called "Indochina hotel" restaurant.

Facade, above and below the second level. But it is not small, Division of authentic dishes of Viet Nam. Hotel wall hangs a lot of photos, many Governments, celebrity shopping dining time.

After dinner, go back to the accommodation is 4 star hotel (FIRSTHOTEL).

See the next to the hotel are celebrated. There are many children in stopped visitors selling flowers.

3. swim head's city

Head's city in the most southern Viet Nam, bordering the sea, is the richest region of Viet Nam.

From Saigon to the header's city, about 120 km, but van away for 3 hours. Because there is no motorway.

The header's city, we live in a Waterfront Hotel.

Hotel outside is the sea and the beach. The hotel a drop of luggage, we came to the beach. The sea is not too blue, slightly yellow, but the sand is very fine, step on it very comfortable. Yes, breezy waves. All barefoot station in seawater at the mercy of seawater a collision is very cool, and very pleasant.

Seaside visitors, the beach is very quiet, occasionally someone loitering in the sea.

Head's city beaches are long, divided into upper, middle and lower segment.

In the evening, the sea is very protective dikes are hilarious, some people in the shade, someone in a chat, and person exercising. There are many lit neon lights of the store, a home next to a House, the vast majority of the cafe.

Riviera Hotel next to a casino, upper and lower layers.

There's a slot machine, Roulette, Blackjack, and more. We go in, security also take security for everyone.

The first meal we went on a tour of the city, some of the main attractions:

1. Jesus Hill.

Jesus is the United States were built. Original exclusive, now become the head of the city's tourist attractions. Jesus Hill close to the seaside, mountain high 170 m, 1000 step through to the top. On top of the Hill stands a huge stone full-body Milky Jesus, 32 meters high. He faces the sea, flat stretch his arms, pray to the sea. It also expressed the fishermen want a calm, good wish.

From the foot of the Hill, to climb 1000 step, really tired.

Jesus-like hollow, base with a door, you can go in, intermediate level 350, has been on the bench circling to the Jesus statue of the shoulder. Left shoulder is two small viewing platform, you can view the entire head's city and the sea.

2. Moon King's Palace.

Palace built on the hillside. The white wall, called the small White House. It is said that this Palace was originally the residence of the Governor of France, later presented to Yue Wang. Palace and a long before with exotic flowers and garden, surrounded by a few cannons, while eyeing the rusty, but towards the sea. The entire Palace very small, internal decoration is also very simple, not luxurious.

3, PuTuo Guanyin Buddha Temple.

The temple built for the Chinese, but also by the sea. Into the entrance, is a seat height 10 m white statue of Guanyin. Temple, the incense inverted.

4, Nanhai Weng mausoleum.

Nanhai Ong is bestowed to the King of Viet Nam, is a large whale. Legend has it that there were waves on the sea for fishing vessels and fishermen fell into the water and sank, hopeless, where a big whale rescue the drowning of fishermen and large whales, but ran aground on the beach. Fishermen to appreciate great whales, sea Temple, bury the bones of large whales. Viet Nam the Emperor knows that the parents of prohibitions sealed great whales for the South China Sea. Nanhai Weng mausoleum as temple buildings, remains of a whale. It is rumored that touch the big whales bone, blessing of the sea.

In General, feel the head's city of tourism and culture, a Western factors, there are Chinese elements.

P > 4, visit Mekong

The Mekong River, is an international river.

It originated in North China's Qinghai-Tibet plateau tanggula 5167 m above sea level of a small glacier that in China called the Lancang River, river flows through the full-length 4880 km, Qinghai province, China, Tibet and Yunnan provinces and Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam, is called "East of the Danube".

The Mekong River in Sai 200 km, is the land of plenty, affluent Viet Nam.

Here's a year 4 cooked rice is Viet Nam's granaries.

Mekong River is wide river is yellow, much like the Huangpu River in Shanghai.

This section of the Mekong is no bridge, cross-strait exchanges very inconvenient. Now under construction bridge. Cruise the Mekong River, is in fact a tour of the mount island in the River.

We at 11: 00 on cruise ships, cruise ships more humble.

15 minutes to the Tai Islands. Ashore, the shade trail, full of stalls and let visitors free tasting fruit, taste the coconut sugar, taste the liquor and so on. Of course, is to sell merchandise after taste.

Visitors to sit down and taste, girl, children to perform.

They sing, sing aigeer on a tune, the more you want to pay $ 10000 shield tip.

After the tasting, shopping, let tourists sit two divisions of the boat.

Boating in a squat in the bow, a man sitting at the stern. Boat two sharp, long and narrow, like the Chinese boat Shaoxing foot rowing.

We sat in the boat, along the winding river that crosses the island back to the Mekong River Pier, the cruise on the original back to Saigon.

Owners give each visitor a sweet coconut, each person to pay tip.

Back to Saigon, we visited the Chinese district, Temple (Matsu Temple).

It has some 250 years. Also visited from Matsu temple near a small temple of Chinese private. Master called Wang happy, their grandfather from Fujian to Saigon, and laid the Foundation for their Chinese area open to make a significant contribution. Now ' to the National Treasury, the sons of management.

Then, we also take a boat tour of Saigon.

7: 30-8: 30 on the cruise, seafood dinner, dinner is very good. During the banquet, songs and dances. Songs and dances. Visitors can also be performed on stage, but to pay, in fact, karaoke. Performers always greets visitors came to sing karaoke, a lot of money. There are many tourists, have concentrated, jiuxing came to show their throats.

8: 30-9: 30, cruise ships operate, tour the Mekong River.

Saigon city scenery on both sides of the poorly, on the other side of darkness. Neon is only a short, mostly dark building. Worse than the Pujiang night tour. Couch, on the shore in pairs, Pamela young, like the Shanghai Bund previous lovers wall, but a few.

Mekong River tour to give people a little freshness.

In addition, its attractiveness is not strong.

5. impressions of Saigon

Stayed in Saigon 4 days 3 nights, caifeng, satisfy our curiosity.

1, urban high-rise is very small.

Buildings are not high. Downtown building mainly French and some flavor of Paris. Public clothes, not fashion. When a woman wearing the Viet Nam national costumes (outer wear white robes, and wearing long trousers).

2, motorcycles, and more.

This is a significant feature of the Sai. The street, they are a motorcycle, a bus after bus, a row with a row, the shuttle and fly away, than Shanghai bike. Pedestrian-crossing is difficult. It is said that Sai 3 million motorcycle. Riding with masks and abundant, is to prevent dust, against the Sun.

3. meaning of police maintain traffic.

Lot no traffic lights, junction were innocent police maintain traffic, similar to Shanghai's traffic enforcment. Although many motorcycle, but very little traffic accidents.

4 RMB very valuable.

In Saigon, the renminbi is very valuable, 1 Yuan can exchange 1900 Yuan, the shield, 100 RMB can exchange more 19 million guilders. The more coins of face value is very large, usually several thousand dollars, tens of nominal value.

5, narrow housing form.

Private housing construction, very strange, facade width 4 m, depth of 20 meters long, looks and narrow and long, strange. It is said that this is France left.

6, cafés with abundant.

This is another feature of Sai. Not many, and even roadside Cafe Street is a little, the morning it was sitting in a little on the small bench, leisurely drink a beer or a coffee tasting. In the evening, the Cafe was crowded with young man, young woman, more.

It is said that the Sai Kung, coffee, not really to Saigon.

Our hotel next to many cafés. Thus, our 5 people in the night to go to a coffee shop coffee taste of Saigon. Very cheap, only $ 57000 of Vietnam shield, RMB 30 kg.

7, the price is very expensive.

Senior residence, Villa prices to 1000-1500 USD/m2.

Previously, the Viet Nam General Chinese, Chinese characters.

In France under colonial rule, instead use French. After the liberation, instead use the Vietnamese independence. But it is said that Viet Nam text is evolved from the French, looks like the French.