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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - March 2005

View of the city from a rooftop restaurant and across the street the famous Rex Hotel.

Night view of traffic from a friend's family home. There used to be more bicycles in HCMC than cars and motorbikes. Now there are more motorbikes then anything.

Kids playing in the park.

Lots happens in the street: buy food, drink, get things fixed...

Night action at the Ben Thanh Market....

...and how colorful it is in the day.

Reunification Palace

Signage at the War Remnants Museum

A tour of and around the Cu Chi Tunnels.

Guerilla food of tapioca root, peanuts and green tea. It was actually quite tasty.

Making rice crepe for fresh spring rolls or banh da.

Fermenting rice for rice wine.

Making rubber sandals from tires left from the war.

Black Lady Mountain.

Girls riding in their Ao Dai traditional clothes.

The view from the chairlift up Black Lady Mountain.

Worshippers and workers around the temples.

Only two ways down the mountain...walking or take the slide!! Woohoo!!!

Next stop is the Cao Dai temple not far away in Tay Ninh.

Caodaism: A blend of the secular and religious philosophies of the East and West. The Earth is the center piece of the front altar.

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