Scotts Blog

Well I woke around midday and felt a little off, but being the trooper that I am, I was up an atem! I had some breaky before going for a walk, I opted for a more western breakfast of porridge and fruit. Then I went for a walk to the City about 3-4kms away, as most of the famous buildings etc were around there. They have the most amazing gardens down the middle of the streets. The other thing that I was noticing was that they had very grand and opulent colonial building built by the French, but most of them were nothing special, just another building. If they were in Sydney they would be the town hall or something more prominent.

On the way into town I noticed that Harry Potter was due on sale on Saturdaty 21st and could not wait to get my hands on it!

I went into a they History Museum which looked great from the outside, they had a F5 Jet, a Chopper, and some other stuff outside. However when I went in it seemed as though it was devoid of any human touch and felt empty. The exhibits were quite ordinary or maybe I just wasn’t that interested.

It didn’t take long to become very board so it was off to the reunification palace. The palace it very big overlooking a large lawn but it does not look palatial, it is more like a big building. Inside the palace is a different story, there are some very grand rooms intricately decorated with amazing furniture. They had the official reception rooms for the President, as well as cabinet rooms, banquet rooms and the residence. It did feel pretty empty though as all the rooms were empty, I am not sure if they are still used officially.

Then I went to the War remnants museum which was great. This was largely a photographic museum that portrayed the brutality of war, I really recommend this to anyone in town, it really makes it hit home how rough it was. They also had examples of different weapons and artillery. There was one amazing piece that could fire 32kms, and where it landed left a 100m creator. The damage radius was 3.2km which is just insane. You should have seen how big this was. They also had example tanks, planes, ammunition and guns.

Then I was a little tired of walking so I sat down in a park and saw people kicking things like ‘Haky Sacks’ but it turned out it was more like a modified shuttle cock. They were amazing at it, I could see how it would really improve your soccer skills. Then I decided to get out of the heat and go and see a movie. Die Hard 4 was playing so I rocked up, it was good much like the others but more of a guys flick.

After this I met a girl Whitney, who was teaching English in Ho Chi Min city and she took me out and around town. She finally got me to get on a motorbike taxi or Xe om, to get around, I love them. We really need them in Sydney they just carve up the roads are really fast and you get a good look around town! Just sit on the back and let them take care of it, bloody cheap as well.