Ho Chi Minh a mega City

Ho Chi Minh is the biggest city in the south of Vietnam and is named by the president of former north Vietnam after uniting whole Vietnam. 

We visited the party streets of Ho Chi Minh.


We visited museums and learned about the history of Vietnam. 

Play this song during reading this blog to feel what we felt, not for minutes but for hours. This song in a loop.


The food availability in Ho Chi Minh is immense and we tried local burgers and Korean Topokki.


A highlight for us was the so called "small Tokio" hood. It's a kind of closed district not far away from the center. You can find typically Japanese food and services.
We didn't dare to take many photos, especially of the lady's in white dresses pulling guys inside.

In general the temperature was hot around 35° and never going below 30°. In combination with shops cooled down to 20° it's like an unwanted constant sauna Session. 

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