Day 13 Saigon

We all had an early start today at 4am- it was the Saigon marathon and it was starting outside our hotel and they run early!
Firstly today we went to the War Remnants museum - as you would expect not a cheerful place - the agent orange exhibition was horrendous and the war crimes section too- whilst in a war there is atrocious things conducted by all sides , the information and picture about what the Americans did was very upsetting!( will not put the photos )
Next we went to the Reunification palace which was where a tank went through the front gates ( an iconic moment in the war ) we also saw the CIA building .
After a very pleasant lunch ( any where is pleasant so long as it has AC) we went to hear a performance of traditional Vietnamese music . Then had a go on the instruments.
Hotel has lovely rooftop bar with good views . The green helmet bikes are their version of Uber called Grab- don’t look particularly safe!Read more