SE ASIA Pt. 2 - Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City)

Named in honour of the Vietnamese communist revolutionary, who became Preseident by leading the independance movement to victory against the French Union, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) was the first destination of my 5 week journey through South East Asia. The city itself is located relatively close to the Mekong delta, in the south of Vietnam. Pollution, crazy driving, hustlers, motorbikes & scooters EVERYWHERE, the city reminded me of cities in India.. so I pretty much wanted to get out of there as soon as possible, once I knew where I was going next.

But dont get me wrong, there is a lot of history in HCMC and if you ever happen to be there, check out the Reunification Palace and the War Remenants Museum. Since I can't upload all the photos taken (whilst in HCMC), here are a select few.

View from the hostel I was staying at (Nguyen Khang Hotel) located in District 1 on Pham Ngu Lao Street.

Walking around HCMC.

Cats saw my ink and we started talking tattoos. First dude did it himself in front of a mirror with a homemade tattoo gun. Second pic is my barbers (shaved my head) chest piece, which he recieved whilst in a gang (in his youth). As my posts go on you'll see more photos of regular folk with ink. Was interesting listening to their stories.. regardless of how good their ink was.

Just some cats jumping off a jetty into the HCMC River. It was hot and humid as fuck.. they had the right idea.
Was strolling through a park and saw a random cage. Upon closer inspection, there was a monkey inside and it looked mad sad. I regret not breaking it out :(

Walked through Ben Thanh markets to get some food. I hope this isn't where monkey ended up.
More random photos.
Vietnam is amazing, but HCMC is nothing special.. hence my lack of enthusiasm whilst writing this post. After HCMC I headed to the Central Highlands of Vietnam, to a mountain town called Da Lat (significant difference compared to HCMC). I'll give you the run down of Da Lat in my next post.

Peace.