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The Pearl of the Orient

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... a rooftop view ...


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Dale John Larsen08-Apr-2008 15:38
I notice the Mosque towers sticking up on the middle left side of the photo. In 1969 I spent the night in a hotel room that looked down into the Mosque grounds. (I was escorting American prisoners to a court martial) I'm wondering if yours could be a similar view but lower floor. At the time it never occurred to me that there could be a Muslim population in Vietnam. I thought it was Buddhist of some nature. It wasn’t until I returned in the mid 1990’s that I realized it was Muslim. I was allowed to video tape the prayers of both men and women at the time (1995). On later trips back they wouldn’t allow it.
The Mosque is just a block off Tu Do street (now Dong Koi)
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