Have you ever been HoChiMinh City Part 2

We walk around the large campus of the Reunification Palace, are found around perennial is grown for the purpose of installing air conditioning and create landscape and environment. The birds flying whiz axes sharing the campus. The paper petals, flowers porcelain racing fully saturated.
Appointment to visit, we take the union and in the building. The house is architect Ngo Viet Thu and colleagues completed more than 35 years ago and colorful decoration, until now, in this city, seems to not have a building that has such an architecture. The color harmony of furniture, the carpets of Persia, the picture is the painter nio63i free time he now finished look was perfect.
General, apart from the picture, maps warfare and many other expensive, the palace is not anything special points. Also the rooms, the supplies needed for a wartime President. Of tools old surviving here’s beating of a heyday over 35 years ago. A significant loss great mark on history records transferred.

We walk around the large campus of the Reunification Palace, are found around perennial is grown for the purpose of installing air conditioning and create landscape and environment. The birds flying whiz axes sharing the campus. The paper petals, flowers porcelain racing fully saturated.
Appointment to visit, we take the union and in the building. The house is architect Ngo Viet Thu and colleagues completed more than 35 years ago and colorful decoration, until now, in this city, seems to not have a building that has such an architecture. The color harmony of furniture, the carpets of Persia, the picture is the painter nio63i free time he now finished look was perfect.
General, apart from the picture, maps warfare and many other expensive, the palace is not anything special points. Also the rooms, the supplies needed for a wartime President. Of tools old surviving here’s beating of a heyday over 35 years ago. A significant loss great mark on history records transferred.

We follow step guide for building fences around the rooms. On the terrace, where in the days before the end of the war, the angry African Communist government was bombing Nguyen Thanh Trung, before leaving the Republic of Vietnam (southern Vietnam) to fly out the base resistance of the North Vietnamese.
We also down the basement of the building, shelter the President and the events after the meeting. Here is a place considered the safest in the building. Surrounding concrete is poured, and thick coated steel. Devices projected using modern technology Analog is fully equipped.Basement also includes the small room, used for relaxation and meetings during the emergency. Only thing, where the air is quite oppressive because there is no ventilation.

End visit the building, we walk on Lê Duẩn. To Notre Dame Cathedral and postal center city.The church was built by the French in the late 19th century. It is a copy version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame was built intended to create a close distance to the French countryside to “Make goods” Indo-China region.
Sun was slowly extinguished, The first street lights were switched on. A bustling night life of the city began to boot. The brother sister pair to each other on motorcycles look very romantic. As I said, this city is a very exciting city. With intense vitality from the young people, The experience of the middle class youth. Especially in the Chinese community. They always exist in a life philosophy, economic characteristics. They are refugees China against the Qing imperial court, and wishes renaissance monarch Ming. Over the past 300 years of migration, they formed an identity for their own particular culture as well as economic and social in the Saigon – Cholon this (Formerly known as Saigon – Giadinh).

Have you ever been HoChiMinh City (Saigon) ?

One day after completing the journey is, we spend some time to stroll around the city of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Since not much time should we choose a solution to travel by motorcycle. Our destination is the first history museum. Located on Nguyen Binh Khiem Street in District 1 near the main gate of the city zoo. For foreigners, while the need to purchase tickets visit the store, as I own the Vietnamese are free. I think the fee is too high the door is reasonable, although the state’s policy is to introduce the formation and development of our country to all your friends around the world.

Bamboo fan

Once inside the museum, I filt like return to the original point. I seem to feel a little column of my original point, which also comes from here. My ancestors seem to have also put their mark on the antiques on display. With long history over 4000 years in sign. Extending the flow of history, we glide through the reign of King princess. Line proud history of the nation as standing on my face for overseas visitors. From the bloody sword enemy, to the drums in dark mark on the line that the ancient Vietnamese culture. How experienced dramatic ups and downs and weathering, this still exists here. Venerable old visitors of my eye to wander around the antiques intently as a way to record what is present before his eyes. He seemed to experience something for the world humankind anywhere on this earth, every nation, every country has the common feature passed from this life to save another life that is handed down what considered quintessential for children. Whether the world has happened many events, war is more reasonable to cultural values has always existed forever. By the white Americans, not to be denied the culture of black people always exist in them.

For me, this is not the first time I visited this museum. But there’s another strange thing in me is, every visit here is I have many different emotions. Whether space and artifacts in the museum nothing changed. Only the difference after each visit, time, number of exhibits have increased and rearrange a few things. But think that the same shall not make us that much different. What makes me feel the difference is only reasonable that comes from the feelings.

I came to understand that cultural values, history of the Vietnamese is forever for our generation.Who earlier had created the history of each period, we must preserve and respect it. As well as the next generation of the forward and we will do the same for the values of our culture today. By history and culture are things that prove great value for our orphan sources. Including things calculated to bring up, something like between the good and evil in society.

I think that, someday very long time about 1,000 years (examples ) Have someone in the generation descendants of those contemporary browse through these pages and seen as a bit of what value remains in the eye, memory and sympathy for the authors of the things he has been standing in my mind when visiting museums. At that point where heaven (I’m not sure at that time the territory this life) maybe I will be very happy.

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Out there, the sun was up. We hit the road to go to another place. To facilitate the return to the hotel closer. We chose to visit the Reunification Palace next. I know that the time for staying and visiting places of my guests are very valuable, so I try to arrange time and place to visit so reasonable. Taking them on the boulevard 6kms Lê Duẩn the Unification palace door (also known as The Palace before 1975) was the immediate present. Here, scenery system is helping to feel like we have the freedom after the days cramped. Green trees, the smooth lawn stretches out ahead.

–   Admission: bellow 30.000 VND

Reunification Palace

Within the palace of the uniform. There are many foreign tourists to visit to meet the nationality, color, all ages … They stand, sit and travel before the hall. Some instructors set her desk for visitors to our site not far away. They eagerly, has all the warm smiles of holiness. On the face they seem to not show the nuances of fatigue. We hurry past couple’s mansion on the campus.System mansion, the first in 1975 as headquarters of the regime of South Vietnam. Where the life of Vietnam as President Ngo Dinh Diem, Nguyen Van Thieu, Duong Van Minh had lived and worked. Longer as before 1954, when South Vietnamese regime has formed, it has been called Norodom Palace built by the French in this campus. But vestiges of Norodom Palace was no longer for design and construction of future …

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The First Tour guide – 2

We, the east is the other tourists from around the world standing on the railing is found on high.Most of them were surprised to find a religion is different. Under the ceremony hall way, the disciples prayed wrong ram. Sounds like a rig emits the same ca choir. most part we can not understand what they read, even for the Vietnamese as we do not understand. They all sing the prayer their own. Features for religious worship is the Trinity, which they called a common period of three. 1 – Church of Jesus Catholic because they believe that God is sacred and God take care for his sheep. 2-worship Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary character of the period of Kuomintang China. I do not know where that comes from the worship of this. 3-worship Nguyen Binh Khiem, a character is under the Nguyen Dynasty hơ 300 years ago. These explosives are free of literature …

One more thing in the Cao Dai religious, it is the mutual support each other in the lives of Catholics. They are living with family love, of community is very high. They always support and links with government to build a life of peaceful prosperity to parishioners. Go into here, visitors can feel the peaceful scenery of a happy face on the friendliness of people here.

Older visitors stood beside me intently recorded what he saw looked. Most foreign tourists are not from the string surprise for a non-religious things in the world. A direct line that they have the cultural identity should be to preserve and promote …

Farewell Tay Ninh Holy See, we continue the journey back to the land domain hot Cu Chi.Where the people of Vietnam fought against the powerful U.S. military to take control. There are over 200 kms tunnel digging through 20 years of diligence of the people here.
The two sides road we go through is just a green, mixed with small houses. CPC buffalo grazing on the top right to the roadside meadows. Location tourists began my sleep, drowsiness cơn arrived with him after we visit a small restaurant on the road. In recent years, the number of foreign guests to follow this tour up so many restaurants consecutive growing up. The price of food here is also popular and delicious foods and hygiene should not see tourists complained.Here is where hospitality is manifest clear. On the face of the staff as well as restaurant owners are always friendly smiles bloom.

Inside Cao Dai Holy at 12:15

Leaving a small restaurant, the car carried straight direction where we visit the Cu Chi tunnels.To say clearly that Cu Chi tunnels located on our return to Ho Chi Minh. There, where more than 30 years ago farmers rustic country season as the field day, night gun battle for the situation where the U.S. military and the Republic of Vietnam soldiers.
Around 1:45 PM, we came to Cu Chi tunnels. After buying tickets at the gate, we are going on in the guided tour of the tunnel after watching a short film that North Vietnamese soldiers were recorded. I do not know when Americans see the video clip on think, but for me it made me relive what my parents were recounted. Very touched when the previous generation was confused heaven and earth to fight with weapons self-created, many of the weapons he was booty that American and South Vietnamese troops leave the every battle. The tunnel narrow training manual, with the doors up and down just showed people down. Some guests from Europe, showed fine try down the cellar doors and stuck by their waist is too large. After the match was such a relaxed smile and chisel surprise of the guests from Korea or Japan.

American Tank

The roof, the warehouse, factory and military site meeting rooms, the entertainment area of the simple soldier all men in black men and women really simple. Much needs life here war years were self-sufficient. They fought for ideals that they are right. They are also people, afraid of death as how ordinary people, but what they fear most, and more than all that there is no peace. It urged them to fight with the fierce confidence. I really admire their courage …
We are guides to the underground tunnel 50 meters long, a delegation of men lock up in a tunnel like the mole. The basement has been renovated to the broader guests to fat can go through.

Back to the ground after going through the tunnel is 50 meters to khoái smiles. Sunshine on the highway side of each stroke. After the shooting area, visiting Hoang Cam kitchen, Hoang Cam-style kitchen was designed as cooking smoke will not disperse the purpose of avoiding detection by enemy aircraft. To try something Wildlife food war finished, we hit the road back to Ho Chi Minh City, ending a tour of small day.

American Bom (B2-BOM)

So that we have undergone a journey is fascinating. What the residual face American guests respected my contented smile and friendly …

The First of my Tour guide.

I like waking up early every day, it’s a beautiful day. Today is a special day for me, my first guide for a tourist coming from the United States. He has over 60 years old, single and never married.

Out side of Caodai Holy

We depart from Saigon at 7 am. Intended in our journey is a short tour to two venues and cultural history. Cao Dai Holy See, a place where religious and special bi Cu Chi tunnels, a place marked the history of fierce civil war throughout South Vietnam in more than 20 years (1954-1975), known one that has enabled the presence of Americans in this war.

Centre of HoChiMinh City

Toyota 12 seats to our washed through the crowded inner city streets that run north-west gate of the city. The union movement in the busiest facilities individuals (motorcycle) to begin working office. On their faces exposed distribution joy mixed concerns for a new busy, promising more events will come. Guests older Americans dipping deep seated next to my style of older people have seen the active groups traveling on the street. He took the camera carefully records the actual number of images on the mess when the Union Street stop for the traffic signal lights.One feature of this city that is the pedestal.

Finally, we point out suburbs. A peaceful scenery, a beautiful pop explosion of Vietnamese villages appear before our eyes. Two houses on the street is the beating of the Vietnamese culture. The Melaleuca trees, plants growth was good in the south of the cultivation to provide the paper mill, mixed forests of Melaleuca forest of rubber trees is during harvest … One Colorintermixing excellent green gold of autumn sunshine showy in early. Our cars run on the highway straight rapt advanced capital of Tay Ninh. Sometimes the way we both go through, the golden rice fields are unwinding during harvest of farmers. far away from the field is constantly spotted white hats are undulating and forums buffalo grazing, vivid colors Republic adhered together to create a context very bright, a color characteristic of rural Vietnam …

Cao dai Holy see

Apast 11AM noon, we come to the Holy Caodai. British driver to run slowly into the holy precincts of the court. The faithful of the current director special going in the campus. Their own coats on the map of the holidays very special. Based on the color of the costumes, if knowledgeable direct line, we can know the hierarchy in the holy court. Includes three color schemes: White, yellow, red … adherents here in the provincial capital of Tay Ninh, old, pay, son, gai, rich and poor are.

I’m really surprised the first time the ceremony was witnessed by their. Starting point the margin is 12 noon, until 1:00 PM. Features that people here are very friendly and hospitable. You do not have to worry much when was the first to this place, because in this place would not have done what affect the legitimate interests of you.

Now the holidays begin! We and many other visitors are arranged standing on the railing in the second floor is built around the power of the court. The faithful are divided into several groups with several generations and different ranks.

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