 Vietnam Airlines A320 in Siem Reap (REP) |
 Vietnam Airlines A320 |
 Ho Chi Minh now resides in front of the former Hotel de Ville of Saigon |
 In 1975 Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City |
 Ho Chi Minh on 100,000 Dong note |
 The French colonial city hall is now the People's Committee building |
 View of City Hall from the Rex Hotel |
 Former City Hall, Saigon |
 View of central Saigon from the terrace at the Rex Hotel |
 Most of the traffic is motor scooters |
 Travel agency, central Saigon |
 Central Saigon |
 A true sidewalk cafe |
 Every street is like a motorcycle ralley |
 You had better remember where you parked your scooter |
 Notre Dame Cathedral 1877 |
 Roman Catholicism is one of the legacies of French colonialism |
 Missionary activities were outlawed in 1533 |
 Notre Dame Cathedral, Saigon |
 Newlywed couple Saigon, Vietnam |
 The main post office is next to the cathedral |
 Main Post Office, Saigon/HCMC |
 Ho Chi Minh portrait in the post office |
 Socialist inspired art outside the post office |
 Former French colonial government building |
 Former French colonial government building |
 Former seat of South Vietnamese government, now Reunification Palace |
 After 1975 Vietnam adopted a wholly red flag symbolizing the unification of the country |
 State Dining Room |
 Office of the President of South Vietnam |
 Reunification Palace |
 Ho Chi Minh in the Conference Room |
 Artwork in Reunification Palace |
 South Vietnamese Huey on the roof of Reunification Palace |
 View from the roof |
 Reunification Palace |
 One of the North Vietnamese tanks that broke down the gates on 30 April 1975 |
 The second NVA tank |
 NVA tank at Reunification Palace |
 South Vietnamese F-5 |
 Poster commemerating the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 |
 Communist symbols are present in this very capitalistic city |
 Ho Chi Minh poster |
 More communist posters |
 Sidewalk bicycle repair shop |
 Do something on April 25 |
 American M-41 tank at the War Remnamts Museum |
 M-48 tank. The museum had been called the Museum of American and Chinese War Crimes |
 War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City |
 Cessna observation plane from the Vietnam War |
 Instruments from U.S. aircraft for sale in Saigon |
 Left over aircraft parts for sale in Ho Chi Minh City |
 Jade Emperor Pagoda-Chinese, 1909 |
 Chinese lion outside the pagoda |
 Caligrapher at the Jade Emperor Pagoda |
 Jade Emperor Pagoda |
 Jade Emperor Pagoda |
 Jade Emperor Pagoda |
 Baskets on a pole make a small portable shop |
 Old French car, Saigon |
 Modern commercial buildings near the Cathdedral |
 Payphone, Saigon |
 Many people still wear the traditional Southeast Asian cone shaped hats |
 Street vendor, Saigon |
 A little more substantial shop, Saigon |
 Fully loaded bicycle |
 Women in traditional hats on bikes at Saigon Square |
 Chic restaurants including Miss Saigon's Cafe |
 Rainbow Coffee, HCMC |
 Street vendor |
 Saigon traffic |
 The exhaust fumes in Saigon aren't nearly as bad as those in some other Asian cities, but many people wear scarfs |
 Allez Boo bar on Duong Pham Ngu Lao is popular with foreigners |
 5-Star New World Hotel, Saigon |
 Traffic circle near the New World Hotel |
 Vietnamese officials on a scooter |
 The name Saigon is still used in places like this bus |
 Cholon Bus Station, Ho Chi Minh City |
 Binh Tay Market, Cholon |
 Cholon is a district south of central Saigon |
 Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Streetside cafe Cholon |
 Street cafe Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Cholon - Thanh Tai Store |
 Cholon - Linh Nhac In |
 Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Cargo cyclo |
 Cholon |
 Binh Tay Market in Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Cyclo |
 Cyclist, Saigon, Vietnam |
 Cholon |
 Cholon |
 Chinese dragon fountain in Cholon |
 Dragon fountain |
 Cholon |
 I hired a cyclo for an hour to see the pagodas |
 Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda |
 Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda |
 Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda |
 Chinese screen across from Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda |
 Not too many Internet Cafes yet |
 Phung Son Pagoda, Cholon |
 Phung Son Pagoda, Cholon |
 Phung Son Pagoda, Cholon |
 Boy at Phung Son Pagoda |
 Children at Phung Son Pagoda |
 Cha Tam Catholic Church, Cholon |
 Cha Tam Catholic Church, Cholon |
 Traditional pharmacy, Cholon |
 Binh Tay Market at dusk |
 Rex Hotel |
 Saigon Trading Corporation |
 Saigon Trading Corporation |
 Central Saigon from the Rex Hotel |
 Tran Nguyen Hai statue |
 Cyclo drivers waiting at the Ban Thanh Market |
 Waiter at open air restaurant, Ban Thanh Market, Vietnam |
 Mi-24A Hind at Saigon Airport (SGN) |
 MI-24 Hind at SGN, Vietnam |
 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
 Saigon River, Vietnam |
 Tiger on the back of an old South Vietnamese 500 Dong note |