Pho Bo, Bartering, Palaces and a 170000 burger and beers.Which I proposed to follow with a trip to the Reunification Palace as a start to my sightseeing in the city; I am trying to avoid falling into the trap I fell into Sydney where I left all my sightseeing to my last couple of days there ... Continue reading
Exploring Ho Chi Minh City: The Frenetic Hub of Southern VietnamA block away from the War Remnants Museum is the Reunification Palace. The current palace is built on the site of the former mansion built to house the governor-general of Indochina. Rebuilt in the 1960's, the palace was called the ... Continue reading
PHOTOJOURNEYS: the 60s, as frozen in the Reunification Palace of ...This wartime headquarters, formerly referred to as the Independence Palace, is now officially known as the Reunification Palace which in the Vietnamese psyche, is a symbol of the Communist's triumph over West in general and the US in ... Continue reading
This Isn't Funny: all of the things i want to do i fear.But the walk itself was wonderful – I passed the Reunification Palace (closed), almost got hit by a motrobike (then the driver tried to persuade me to get on…hmmmm), and walked for a bit while talking to a Japanese kid from Kyoto. ... Continue reading
Reunification Palace: Ho Chi Minh City's Must-See « Vietnam News ...The Reunification Palace is the first place to visit upon setting foot in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Why? Located just minutes away and steeped in Viet Nam's turbulent history, it is perhaps the most revealing of the city's historical ... Continue reading
Ho Chi Minh City - Hard beds in China & SE AsiaSaigon is not a city full of sights, but it is home to the place where the war was ended by the northern Vietnamese army when they crashed their tanks through the gates of the now-Reunification Palace, which was then the Presidential ... Continue reading
I woke up at 0700 on the morning of February 26 and looked out my ...We headed to the other side of the city where the Reunification Palace was. The Reunification Palace was formerly known as Norodom Palace, and it was the palace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. ... Continue reading
Reunification PalaceReunification Palace. The first time I visited in 1998 it wasn't open to the public. Uncle Ho. Continue reading
Days 40 – 44: VietnamSo instead, Nick and I visited the Reunification Palace. The Reunification Palace was a restored Palace which housed the South Vietnamese President during the Vietnam War. It is untouched since the end of the War. ... Continue reading
WOMEN TRAVELLING ALONE: Tank - Reunification Palace SaigonTank - Reunification Palace Saigon. This is the tank that crashed through the gates at the Palace, although the original tank that actually DID plow through the gates is in Hanoi, which you can see in my pictures on that blog. ... Continue reading
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