Who knew that the best Pho in Vietnam would come from our own meager culinary abilities...with a little help of course.
The resiliency of the Vietnamese people residing in the Mekong Delta is exemplified by their eccentric dietary selections, readily available at the local market.
A found construction with no known name or history. Real interesting location under the freeway and next to a railway.
HoiAn Vietnam is known for history and shopping. However, my morning trip to the local market yielded discoveries that left me standing among the fishes.
Eleven o’clock on a cold, foggy night. The Avenues desolate, the windows of Clement Street’s regarded Asian restaurants a clammy black beneath lifeless signs.
Pho 24 is a Vietnamese chain restaurant found from Hanoi to Saigon. If you want a good beef noodle soup without the worries of ordering on the street - this is a surefire bet.
Saigon Phu Quoc Resort and Spa is one of the top places to stay on pretty little Phu Quoc Island. It offers everything that you'd expect from a tropical resort: Comfortable bungalows, swishing palm trees, a great beach, poolside and beachside bars, several restaurants and ever-smiling staff.
The Reunification Palace in central Saigon has a long and checkered history, but is best known as the place where North Vietnamese tanks charged in to end the Vietnam War in 1975. What makes it a must-see, though, is the kitschy interior: Green leather armchairs, pink telephones, porcelain vases, romantic paintings, hunting trophies, embroidered carpets, miniature gardens, model boats, modernistic rocking chairs and military paraphernalia all clash delightfully throughout the building.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Building is a popular landmark in central Saigon. It is built in the likeness of Paris' Hotel de Ville.