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Kinh Dong Tien

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    • Day 18

      Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

      April 4, 2017 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

      Hi Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam. Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochin-china and later of the independent republic of South Vietnam from 1955-1975. South Vietnam, as an anti-communist, capitalist republic, fought against the communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong during the Vietnam war, with aid from the United States and countries including Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. Saigon fell when it was captured by the on April 30, 1975 ending the war with a communist victory. Vietnam was then turned into a communist state with the south overtaken. On July 2, 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding Gia Dihn Province and was officially renamed Ho Chi Minh - although the. Ame Sái Gón is still widely used.Read more

    • Day 83

      Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

      March 11 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      After our full days in Ho Chi Minh City, the only thing on our schedule today was the included tour scheduled to depart at 7:30 AM. We both were very tired so we opted to cancel our tour.

      We went to lunch. Bob was going to return a shirt to the market at the pier but time got away from him.

      I worked on uploading photos.

      I tried to catch up on my reading for Bible study.

      We went had a meeting in the Atrium with the other people who signed up for the Overland India Tour. We did not know the four other people so thought it would be a good opportunity to meet before we began our trip. The other two couples seem to be delightful and we are looking forward to our India Trip.

      We went to the 4:30 PM port talk.

      Since we needed to talk to Chantelle, the excursion manager, regarding the problems with our excursion on the first day in Vietnam, we got in line to speak with her after the port talk.

      We said that we would like to set up a meeting with her. Her response was that she was too busy. I totally understand that she is dealing with a lot of changes and details right now. But, it would have been so much more helpful if she would have said that she is very busy right now and that it may take a while for her to have time to speak with us but that she values our concerns and would like to set up a meeting with her boss immediately. If the meeting with her boss does not satisfy our concerns, she could offer to meet with us at her first opportunity.

      But, nope, her response was just that she was too busy. We shook our heads and walked away.

      We went back to the stateroom. I attempted to get some work done.

      We were to have dinner with Dale, Jenni, Bill and Bobbi in Manfredi's but it was announced that the World Cafe was serving Vietnamese food so we opted to reschedule the dinner. When we got to the World Cafe for dinner-no Vietnamese food. I guess that there was a miscommunication and it is to be tomorrow night.

      After dinner we headed back to the room for an early night,
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