
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - March 2005
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View of the city from a rooftop restaurant and across the street the famous Rex Hotel. |
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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. |
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Kids playing in the park. |
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Lots happens in the street: buy food, drink, get things fixed... |
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Night action at the Ben Thanh Market.... |
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...and how colorful it is in the day. |
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Reunification Palace |
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Signage at the War Remnants Museum |
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A tour of and around the Cu Chi Tunnels. |
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Guerilla food of tapioca root, peanuts and green tea. It was actually quite tasty. |
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Making rice crepe for fresh spring rolls or banh da. |
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Fermenting rice for rice wine. |
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Making rubber sandals from tires left from the war. |
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Black Lady Mountain. |
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Girls riding in their Ao Dai traditional clothes. |
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The view from the chairlift up Black Lady Mountain.
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Worshippers and workers around the temples.
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| Only two ways down the mountain...walking or take the slide!! Woohoo!!! | ||
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Next stop is the Cao Dai temple not far away in Tay Ninh.
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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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