Saigon Revisited

Nha Trang to Saigon was yet another 10 hour bus trip. The drive from Nha Trang is truly memorable. Mountainous S bends bring you to the small town of Mui Ne. Unfortunately, I only spent lunchtime there. But if you're looking for bungalows on the beach, this is surely a paradise. It also caters to travellers with varying budgets. $6 t0 $50 per night.

But the main event was Saigon. Nobody calls it HCM. It had been a very long time since I was in this huge City of eight million people. What was I going to find? Would there be familiar faces or recognizable buildings? Two of the buildings I knew well had been demolished; furthermore, there were no familiar faces to reacquaint with. I suppose after all this time I shouldn't have expected to reconnect to anything or anyone. But it's part of human nature to try to put the past in some sort of perspective - it just didn't work in Saigon.

So, how is the City after the war? How have the people adjusted to re-unification? What is the future for Vietnam? These, and lots of other things will be explored during my visit to Saigon.