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Quê Hương: Saigon

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Saigon The fifth location I visited was Saigon, or Ho Chi Minh City. Personally, I prefer to call it Saigon because, in my opinion, it sounds better. Saigon is a megacity with a whole lot of skyscrapers, stores, restaurants, roads, motorways, and people, you know the gist. One of the first things we did was go on a tour bus around Saigon at night, and I looked up at the skyscrapers, and I felt so small and melancholic. This was only a brief visit for a few days, as we would start leaving for our next location. ❮ Prev collage Next collage ❯ ❮ ❯

Quê Hương: Da Nang

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Da Nang Da Nang is the fourth place I visited. Its most prominent feature is its beach: My Khe that stretches along the coast of Da Nang. When we went to the beach, it was an archetypal beach day; the sun was out, the sky was azure, the waters were clear, I drank some coconut water, laid under an umbrella on a lounger, and soaked in the breeze. It was the most relaxing moment in the entire vacation. I felt like the trope of a rich guy on a business trip, he's on his break, lounging under an umbrella in his sunglasses and Hawaiian shirt without a care i...