VietnamHo Chi Minh City - Sept 98 / Jul 99 |
| These are memories and pictures from my stay in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). I arrived there with a 2 years contract from Shanghai. As it turned out, I only stayed for 11 months, before going to Hanoi and then Budapest. It a was an intense experience, not always easy, but enjoyable. |
| I did a little travelling in South Vietnam, including Mekong Delta, Vung Tao, Nha Trang , Cu Chi Tunnels, Thai Ninh, and going out to Phan Thiet beach regularly. My vehicle was a 125cc motorbike BONUS, copy of a Honda from the 80's, made in Taiwan. I saw similar bikes in China when I lived there 10 years later. |
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Like most people I had not experience on bike driving... and no licence, so I just had to learn on the spot. Fortunately, I never had an accident.
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Politics in Vietnam is quite strange, as Vietnam
is a communist country. When I was there, Robert Hue (president
of the French Communist Party at that time) came to visit Vietnam. He was received
as a stateman (funny, when French Communist Party in France has less than
10% of votes on elections). |
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