2/15/20 Air travel to Saigon

2/15/2020

We are now at an Air b n B in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). Another early morning and a late night.  Our cab picked us up at 6 this morning in Hoi An and drove us through the country side to DaNang airport, which seemed like it was right down town ish.  There were no problems getting checked in, security or boarding the A 321 again from Da Nang to SGN.

In Saigon, our navigation solution was a little trickier since we are at a private residence, and the addresses are a little wonky, and or course we have zero reference to well....anything.

With a little luck, we made it to the home we’re staying at, a 4 story luxury home in a high walled neighborhood on the river.  Clearly, it is a “ high end district”.  There is an elevator in this home.  

We found a local lunch place within walking distance on the river, Restaurant 13, prices seem to be higher at the places we’ve ended up at lately.

After lunch, it was just a short while until we got into another cab and went to the War Remnant Museum.  Interesting interpretation of what happened, and quite biased to the VN opinion of their oppression.  

  

A couple of cool things though:  a T37 (which I flew) on display, and a photojournalist exhibit.  The other exhibits: Agent Orange Effects, War Crimes, and Historical Truths were as one sided as the exhibit on all the nations, seemingly world wide who opposed America’s presence in the VN war, also know as the War of American Oppression.  A lot of grisly pics for effect, but the photo journalist exhibit titled “Requiem” was a little less one sided, and had some spectacular photos from the war.

Next, we walked to the Continental Hotel and went to see the room (214) where Graham Greene wrote the book titled “The Quiet American”. Very cool, and that was right next to the Caravelle Hotel, where we enjoyed a happy hour on the roof top bar looking over Saigon.

On our trek to find a Korean BBQ, we got a Saturday night feel for Saigon, very contemporary, and a much more modern feel than Hanoi.

BBQ was cool, cooked the meat right there, and we used lettuce leaves to roll up and enjoy