Giac Lam Pagoda Ho Chi Minh City

... But, I'm in legendary Saigon! And it's good. It's a huge sprawling city, separated out into districts. Officially now called Ho Chi Minh City since the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese troops in 1975, District 1 is however, still known as Saigon. ...

After a very early morning flight away from our confined room in Kowloon to Ho Chi Minh City (saigon), we were more than a little scared about what our next hotel would be like. After a insane taxi ride from HCMC airport, where i think i saw all of the 4 ...

... -reunification name. Since the city fell to the North Vietnamese Communists in 1975, the city's name was changed to Ho Chi Minh City, after the heroic founder of the Vietnamese Communist Party and the president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ...

As soon as my overnight bus arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, I checked into an inexpensive hotel and then headed to the US consulate to get some more blank pages added to my almost-full passport.  I then walked to the Museum of Vietnamese History -- ...

Today I went to the pagodas in greater Ho Chi Minh City. The guy from my hotel took me around to the three pagodas I wanted to see.  We started with the Jade Emperor Pagoda.  This was a Chinese temple, the air was thick with ...

... vi har fået hidtil, hvilket egentlig passer og meget god. Vi kan jo eksperimentere til frokost og aftensmad. Planen for vores besøg i Ho Chi Minh city er ret stram, da vi helst ikke vil være for længe i byen. Der er meget larm og forurening og ...

... 's just my sense of direction is horrendous! I looked around and picked up a couple things to try. Then grabbed a cab to the Giac Lam Pagoda. This is the oldest pagoda here... dating back to 1744! It was quite a long cab ride, but they rarely play music ...