We finally arrived in Ho Chi Minh, also known as Siagon.
We did a walk with Tring and then had lunch at this great food court.
Really liked book Street, yep the whole street is book stores and stands! The central Post office architecture was pretty incredible, it looked more like a train station to me.
War Remnants Museum
As we all know, there was a very long war in Vietnam. It’s started with the North and South in conflict as the North was under communist rule, and they wanted the South to follow too. As the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states were supporting the North, American chose to support the South, as if the whole country went communist it would affect trade and strong holds in that part of the world.
The museum was well laid out but was heartbreaking to read and see in photos the monstrosities that occurred. It always surprises me how cruel people can be to each other. As you can see below, some of the stats were:
3 million Vietnamese were killed
2 million were injured
And 300,000 were missing during the war
The chart with the length and cost of war was very surprising as well. Outside of the museum is where they had the tanks, planes, and bombs, which were huge!
Night bus tour
As the last activity together, 5 of us went on the hop on hop off night bus. It was loud and busy, and people did not remain seated! We changed buses as we were told too and ended up going around again, though it was much better the second time.
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