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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Previously :
Vientiane, Laos
Bangkok, Thailand
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

This is the 4th and last series of threads on South-East Asian cities - as i'm leaving tomorrow for a second trip out there - this one covering Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam. This city was a change from Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Traffic is insane, noise is doubled and people are not as friendly. I got seriously sick so I was forced to stay there for about 10 days, which I somehow enjoyed… slowly exploring this fast-paced city and relaxing for a long time in my hotel room and on the rooftop terrace.

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Amazingly dense, and nearly every streetscape is dominated by wires, wires, wires!
Is petty theft not a big thing there? I noticed things like the man in the last photo sleeping while his footwear lies in the open on the sidewalk beside him.
This is a great photo set, with variety from high-level overviews to intimate street scenes. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work.
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saigon is great. it has a crazy energy but a bizarre schedule for such a big city: awake before dawn, asleep before midnight. 11pm and the streets are absolutely dead, but at 4am there's already a lot of traffic.

i would go back just for the coffee. in the park near the cathedral there's a woman who walks around, taking orders for coffee, which is then delivered from a nearby café by motorcycle.
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another incredible set, ax. love the one of the traffic cop and the kids cockfighting. and all that electrical wiring ... seems legit.

this is amazing:
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Goldfish transport asleep... Awesome. Yeah, the coffee and pho are reason enough for me to go back. Cool set.
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Amazingly dense, and nearly every streetscape is dominated by wires, wires, wires!
Is petty theft not a big thing there? I noticed things like the man in the last photo sleeping while his footwear lies in the open on the sidewalk beside him.
This is a great photo set, with variety from high-level overviews to intimate street scenes. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work.
Judging from the photos looks like copper wire theft isn't big in that part of the world. Anyway, I love that modern skyscraper with a landing pad (?)
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Pho looks yummy, and the pile of basil leaves aplenty. I really like the shot of the slums on the river with skyline in back, well done.

It is sad to think that all the misery endured by so many in the Vietnam war has come around to this dictated mixed economy. Pointless struggles and empty promises.
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Pho looks yummy, and the pile of basil leaves aplenty. I really like the shot of the slums on the river with skyline in back, well done.

It is sad to think that all the misery endured by so many in the Vietnam war has come around to this dictated mixed economy. Pointless struggles and empty promises.
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Very nice. Its always fascinating to see the density of many Asian cities.
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wow what a thread. It seems like such a backwards city in terms of how one operates, but one that ends up working in a weird way. Idk, but defiantly intriguing.
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Amazing photos!
Amazing thread!
Amazing city!

Wanna be there one day!

Thanks for sharing!
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Great photo thread.
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Incredible place.
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great pics, thanks. i want to go.

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enjoyable set...is Vietnam (for whatever reason) fairly late to the skyscraper game, or were just these images not indicative?
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Thanks all! The way I see it, all skyscrapers in Vietnam seem to be from the 90s and onward... nd they are currently building supertalls in HCMC and Hanoi!
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Wow. That is an amazing set of photos, and you juxtapose the density with the skyscraper skyline particularly well. Any idea how much Chinese money/influence is there in term of construction and real estate? Some of those tower blocks look like they were airlifted straight in from the East coast of mainland PRC.
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The way that skyscraper stands out is surreal! Excellent thread.
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Haven't been to Saigon since I was 9. Great photos.
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wow. now i want to go check it out for myself!
feels quite a bit less claustrophobic than hanoi from these photos, but at the same time the contrast between rich and poor seems harsher.

so where are you going this time?
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