Saigon!

Up early to fly from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh, then headed straight out to the post office which is a well preserved example of French colonial architecture. We then went to the War Remnants Museum....which was very difficult. Only took one picture, seemed grossly inappropriate to be snapping photos. All the descriptions and exhibits were from the Vietnam perspective of course, which I appreciated to counterbalance my understanding from the American perspective. Some in the group dismissed the information as propaganda......yet the pictures were taken by American photographers and a good portion of the quotes and articles were from American congressmen and journalists. The Agent Orange portion was particularly hard. Dow and Monsanto supplied that chemical to defoliate the jungles. Would recommend going through this exhibit with the audio tour and budgeting for 2 hours and a pocketful of issues.

On a lighter note, here's a great example of the sidewalk life..Leggi altro