Pan-Asian Gallivanting

Hmmm….what is there to say about HCMC? It definitely is the bustling capitalistic heart of the country. While Hanoi is quite charming with colonial architecture, HCMC is a bustling metropolis with museums, skyscrapers and traffic…lots and lots of traffic. I ended up staying in HCMC for only a couple days. After being in Vietnam for about twenty days I was quite tired of the persistent heckling from touts and moto drivers EVERY STEP that I made. So, I felt it necessary to see what needed to be seen in HCMC and then move on to Cambodia.

While there I saw the War Remnants Museum which really shed light on the atrocities which our government carried out during the Vietnam War. The most disturbing aspect of all were the hallways and rooms lined with pictures of those effected by Agent Orange. If you’re unaware of Agent Orange and its effects I strongly encourage you to do a little research on it to understand how inhumane it was for our government to use this chemical weapon.