Sunday, 28 March 2010

VIETNAM 16-20 March 2010


Here are some photos we took on our short (non-music related) holiday to the land of Vietnam. Whoever thought that our former Commie "enemies" could be so hospitable!

Statue of the "Father of Modern Vietnam"
Ho Chi Minh in (where else?) 
Ho Cho Minh City.

Panorama from the rooftop garden 
of the Rex Hotel.

The Notre Dame of Saigon.

The French-styled Old Hotel de Ville
(now governmental offices) at night.

The Municipal Theatre 
(Opera House) at night.

Panorama of the Reunification Palace,
former seat of government 
of South Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh cult is still alive and well.

Morning scene at Ly Tu Trong street.

Cyclo driver taking it easy 
outside An Dong Plaza.

Multiple joss coils create a mist of incense
at the Thien Hau Temple in Cholon.

Rowboats near My Tho on 
the Mekong River delta.

The grandiloquent 
Cao Dai Holy See at Tay Ninh.

Noonday service of the 
Cao Dai in Tay Ninh.

Carcass of an American tank 
at the Cu Chi tunnels.

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