“Five Best Life Changing Spots When You Visit In Ho Chi Min City”

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“Five Best Life Changing Spots When You Visit In Ho Chi Min City”

by Expat Life

 

 

When you bump into a whole bunch of crocodile meat on the table while strolling the Food Market or having a Vietnamese coffee from the top of Bitexco Financial Tower, it’s no ordinary short vacation. Because the extraordinary is what visiting the Ho Chi Min is all about. I mean, I only stayed two nights in this place, so as much as possible I want to have a transformative travel rather than exiting  from the place without a purpose. So, I figured to focus on the things I just wanted to see and experience on hand.

 

So, I highly recommend to act like a local not merely a tourist when you are in a travel market when spotting unique places in Ho Chi Min City.

 

1. Remembrance Day at Chu Chi Tunnels

 

The highlights of the entire tour in Chu Chi tunnels was not only crawling through tunnels, eating boiled cassava that soldiers living in the tunnels would have eaten and firing an Ak-47 on a firing range, which I totally don’t understand why I need to buy at least 10 bullets that would cost me 22$ wherein, I could have just shoot one or two. So, I reevaluated myself if getting what I want means I left empty-handed. No way! This is not the only firing range on this planet! Back off Tina baby! Lol.

 

Soon, I looked out the blurry bus window while heading back to the city packed with fascinating facts how brave the old soldiers are, to face such a battle where death was certain just to keep the Vietnamese free from American domination during Vietnamese war.I mean this in the most humble way possible that we have to respect those who fight for our country and for our freedom.

 

2. Pictures of Truth of the War Remnants Museum

 

A one and a half hour trip from the Chu Chi tunnel to the city, while it might take me forever for a non-stop talk with my New Yorker busmate who happened to be a pre-school teacher like me, not until when the tour guide snapped and asked me if I was going to War Remnants Museum so that he can ask the driver to drop me off. Such a kind gesture, though.

 

Soon, I arrived at the museum where the helicopters and tanks displayed outside the place. As you went up to each floor of the building, you can find a huge room filled with photos that shows terrible effects that come as a result of the war along the big guns and massive bombs were used by the soldiers during the battle and all about various events of the Vietnam War. And I couldn’t imagine how the photo journalist keep their elbows tucked and their hands steady from ruining the pictures just to send the message all over the world especially when you’re in the warzone. Would you rather take a photo or witness a child’ death?

 

3. The One Mind comes from the Independence Palace

 

If I were given a chance to know one’s own mind, it would be the leader of the country. This kind of thought resonates with me when I went up to the helicopter pad on the roof top and when I overheard one of the tourist guide said “This is the most important room in the palace because this is the place where all the decisions of the President come from” while pointing the meditation room.Oh, pooofff! That’s right man! When he feels upset he can move the country into war or when he feels passionate he can attain the needs of the country. So, I wonder how he handles his 24 hours a day.

 

In addition, I think the highlight for me as well was getting lost through the dark and creepy basement and stunned by the huge maps on the walls emblazoned with the color-coding war zones. And also, the palace kitchen, still equipped with old school machines not to mention that it was my first time to visit a palace. The whole experience was pretty epic!

 

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