We both really enjoyed our stay in Saigon. The wide tree-lined avenues lined with french architecture and cute boutiques and trendy restaurants along Dong Khoi really impressed us. The french know how to design a town (even though the Vietnamese don't like to admit this).
There are more scooters here than anywhere else in Vietnam or Southeast Asia even. We've become pros at crossing the street without flinching.
Our first day we visited the war remnants museum where there is a collection of US military aircraft, helicopters and tanks. Deeply moving was the photo gallery showing pictures taken by photo journalists that died covering the war. Some pictures were the famous ones on the cover of LIFE magazine, while others demonstrated intense battles and the contrast between war and nature. We walked around the reunification palace where the North Vietnamese tanks stormed the gates.
That night, we grabbed pho at a little restaurant called Pho 2000 where Bill Clinton ate (some funny photos of him and Chelsea up there). We checked out Saigon at night - drinks on top of a famous hotel at the Saigon Saigon bar, which had a hilarious filipino cover band and then checked out a trendy lounge underneath the opera house. The clubs impressed us with their decor, but they were pretty dead.
During a rainstorm one day, we saw the Sex and the City movie. First, the movie was great - but it probably wasn't as fun with a Vietnamese audience. The didn't laugh at the jokes but laughed at the fact that American girls keep dogs as pets. (dogs are normally food in Vietnam hence the giggles anytime a dog came on screen).
There are more scooters here than anywhere else in Vietnam or Southeast Asia even. We've become pros at crossing the street without flinching.Our first day we visited the war remnants museum where there is a collection of US military aircraft, helicopters and tanks. Deeply moving was the photo gallery showing pictures taken by photo journalists that died covering the war. Some pictures were the famous ones on the cover of LIFE magazine, while others demonstrated intense battles and the contrast between war and nature. We walked around the reunification palace where the North Vietnamese tanks stormed the gates.
That night, we grabbed pho at a little restaurant called Pho 2000 where Bill Clinton ate (some funny photos of him and Chelsea up there). We checked out Saigon at night - drinks on top of a famous hotel at the Saigon Saigon bar, which had a hilarious filipino cover band and then checked out a trendy lounge underneath the opera house. The clubs impressed us with their decor, but they were pretty dead.
During a rainstorm one day, we saw the Sex and the City movie. First, the movie was great - but it probably wasn't as fun with a Vietnamese audience. The didn't laugh at the jokes but laughed at the fact that American girls keep dogs as pets. (dogs are normally food in Vietnam hence the giggles anytime a dog came on screen).
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