This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. Our final image in this series is of the Ben Thanh markets, in “District 1” of Ho Chi Minh City. I mentioned earlier this week that the markets have played a central role in HCMC (or Saigon, as it was known prior to…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. Well, actually, this is about 100km from HCMC, at Cai Be, in the Mekong Delta. The very term “Mekong Delta” conjures up visions of intrigue, and danger – and of beauty and excitement, and a dozen other emotions mixed together – for many westerners.…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. I love to travel and today’s image – a typical street scene in HCMC – is a good example of why. I’d hired a Xich Lo, or Cyclo, to get a ride around Ho Chi Minh City for a while – just to…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. For Thursday, a view I’m calling Bricks and Billboards, taken from our hotel in HCMC, The Ruby River. It’s typical of the vistas in Ho Chi Minh City – utilitarian, a bit run down – and peppered with reminders that this country…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. And for Wednesday, it is a couple of market stalls in the Ben Thanh markets in District 1, or central Ho Chi Minh City. I’ll talk about the history of the markets later this week but its interesting that these particular markets have…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. If you go to Ho Chi Minh City (the former Saigon) in Vietnam, whether you book any day-tours around the city or just follow the guide-books, there are a number of places that are almost guaranteed to be on the itinerary. There’s the…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam – it has more than 10 million people, and that’s expected to increase by another four million within 10 years. It also has an OFFICIAL 3.5 million motorcycles – but suggestions are it…
