Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
10/22/2006-10/23/2006
Today we traveled from Hoi An to Ho Chi Minh City, aka Saigon. However, before we left we participated in a fun run in Hoi An at like 6 am. I ran the 4 km race and did all right. Travis and Emma were the only ones in the group to run the 10 km race. Emma was the first woman to finish, and they both got these massive trophies that are going to be such a hassle to carry for the rest of the trip. They'll provide some good stories, however. I don't have any pictures of that at this point.
Saigon is another big Vietnamese city. It is very large, spread out, and has some crazy roundabouts. I walked through several parks where a lot of the local people were exercising and playing badminton and other games. Here are a couple pictures.
During the second day we were there we visited the Reunification Palace, which was where the north and south Vietnamese reunited. The palace is shown in the picture below. It wasn't too interesting, and I spent the rest of the day just wandering around throughout the city.
I'll leave you with one last (and possibly disturbing) photo of our group leader (lady in red) during our little fashion show. Fortunately, it's not really his dress.
Today we traveled from Hoi An to Ho Chi Minh City, aka Saigon. However, before we left we participated in a fun run in Hoi An at like 6 am. I ran the 4 km race and did all right. Travis and Emma were the only ones in the group to run the 10 km race. Emma was the first woman to finish, and they both got these massive trophies that are going to be such a hassle to carry for the rest of the trip. They'll provide some good stories, however. I don't have any pictures of that at this point.
Saigon is another big Vietnamese city. It is very large, spread out, and has some crazy roundabouts. I walked through several parks where a lot of the local people were exercising and playing badminton and other games. Here are a couple pictures.
During the second day we were there we visited the Reunification Palace, which was where the north and south Vietnamese reunited. The palace is shown in the picture below. It wasn't too interesting, and I spent the rest of the day just wandering around throughout the city.
I'll leave you with one last (and possibly disturbing) photo of our group leader (lady in red) during our little fashion show. Fortunately, it's not really his dress.
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