vietnam is one of the exciting countries i've been to. in fact, it never pictured in my mind that it is a growing city with the promise of elevating the lives of its people; what was on my mind is that it is a war-torn country.
after passing through the immigration in ho chi minh city (saigon as its old name), we headed directly to the money changer. so funny for vietnamese to pronouce them as "chain mah neeeh". upon exchange from dollar to dong, i was shocked and became dumbfounded when my dollar was exchanged to 20,000 dong! so, my $50 was literally changed to 1,000,000 dong! i'm a millionaire in an instant!
downtown saigon's notre dame cathedral along district 1
for northface fans, shopping around saigon is great. the bags you get to see along SM's northface could make you pay around 6,000 to 8,000 pesos but in saigon would only cost you $15 (700+ pesos only) for northface factories are scattered in many areas in vietnam.
one thing exciting about vietnam is that they serve the best coffee, far better than starbucks. they are just served along the sidewalks and are very, very cheap. what i don't like about the place is the way the people handle the food. very unsanitary! there was an instance when i complained about my soup containing human hair. instead of replacing it with another serving, she instantly removed the hair using her fingers in front of us and said, "no more hair!" die, bitch!
i remember one of the staff of pres. noynoy aquino who went to vietnam and complained about seeing only ugly people... yeah, it's true. hahahaha! the most handsome person in vietnam could be just one of those faces of a stranger you meet along bangkerohan public market! i wonder "handsome" genetics did not make its way to vietnam. ***peace***
but as i traveled along, despite being a communist country, i learned to love the culture and of course, the honest people. my day tour was surely a hit!
i left my heart in saigon.
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