Saigon's character is very French. However, it is extremely frenetic.....traffic, vendors, markets, and more traffic. There are very few cars, as it is mostly motor bikes. Trying to cross a street is a very big challenge, as the parade of motor bikes never seems to stop. We had a busy 2 days in Saigon. Our first evening we were taken by our Virtuoso hosts, to Reunification Hall, the former Presidential Palace, for a dinner and folkloric show. The tables were set so beautifully and the performers were wonderful. The sword swallower was a bit hard to watch. The children were very cute and mingled with us after their dance.
Day 2 was a car and guide and we went to Chinatown, a market place, a Pagoda, where our guide made an offering in our name, which will hang for 2 weeks. We also drove by the former embassy, which is now the consulate, and the hotel where the last helicopter took off from the roof at the end of the war.
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