Janet and I are having a little bathe. The rooftop terrace is very popular with people sunbathing and also having a drink at the little bar.
Near our hotel is a park dotted with concrete statues.
Also, people doing tai chi and other martial arts type of movements. Badminton too is popular between 6:00 and 7:00 am.
The Post Office is a wonderful building that was built by the French between 1886 and 1896. The architect was Gustav Eiffel, the same man who designed the Eiffel Tower.
Inside the building.
The Presidential Palace is a magnificent building on 16 hectares. It is a monument to past glories of the Vietnamese Government. Formerly the building was known as Norodom Palace and now Independence Palace.
The interior is palatially appointed and visiting dignitaries were greeted here.
Three Buddhist monks were visiting the Palace. Here they are in front of a replica of a tank used in the Vietnam War.
Saigon streets are nicely decorated in vibrant floral emblems and colours. It looks a really happy place. Scooters abound as they do in all Asian cities but the traffic seems orderly and not at all chaotic.
A hotel entrance with elephant statues.
Statute of Ho Chi Minh in front of the People's Committee Hall.
We were treated to a river cruise and dinner on the Saigon River by our tour organiser, the excellent Odynovo Tours. Here are a few photos of the boats and the lights on the river at night.
Saigon from the river is a little like Sydney during Vivid when buildings are lit up.
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