Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City

reaching Vietnam's largest city by overnight train from Nha Trang
Ho Chi Minh City - reaching Vietnam's largest city by overnight train from Nha Trang

Location: 

Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Duration: 

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Journey: 

Vietnam by train: Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City

Personal highlights

  1. Ho Chi Minh City: most modern and largest city of Vietnaminfo-icon, yet not the capital
  2. Saigon City: renamed in 1976 after the notorious leader, but the old name survived
  3. Bitexco Financial Tower : overlooking city and Saigon River from the tallest building
  4. Notre-Dame: seeking shelter on heavy rainfall in the Vietnamese version, not in Paris
  5. Journey: reaching my final destination in Vietnam after 3 overnight trains

Image sources

  1. Moped madness in the streets
  2. Street market in Ho Chi Minh City
  3. Getting married at the Opera
  4. Saigon River from Bitexco Financial Tower
  5. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam's father

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