Da Nang and
Saigon, Vietnam, March 29th – April 1st
Saigon, Vietnam, March 29th – April 1st
After one day a sea we arrived in Da Nang Vietnam. We had a pre-arranged tour of the old Imperial City of Hue which is about a one hour drive from the city centre. It was very interesting and we walked through buildings that dated back to 900BC. Much of the site had been used in the movie the Last Samuri which featured Tom Cruise. We also visited an incense factory and saw how they made incense sticks and followed this up with a demonstration on how they made the typical conical Vietnamese straw hats.
Upon our return to the ship we set sail for Saigon (now called Ho Chi Minh City). All the locals still call it Saigon because they say it is too long to say Ho Chi Minh. We sailed for a day and arrived in Saigon March 31st. As Sandra and I had already visited Saigon a
few weeks earlier we did not take any organized tours but just wandered the downtown core area. We went to the Rex Hotel, for people old enough to remember the Vietnam War this is the Hotel that was used to broadcast all the reports from the war. All the world’s journalists stayed there and it was also the site of the American Forces radio network featured in the movie “Good Morning Vietnam”. We departed Saigon on April 2nd and sailed for a day headed for Singapore.
few weeks earlier we did not take any organized tours but just wandered the downtown core area. We went to the Rex Hotel, for people old enough to remember the Vietnam War this is the Hotel that was used to broadcast all the reports from the war. All the world’s journalists stayed there and it was also the site of the American Forces radio network featured in the movie “Good Morning Vietnam”. We departed Saigon on April 2nd and sailed for a day headed for Singapore.
Vendors outside Imperial Palace
One corner of Imperial Palace
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