Today we're in Saigon one of the most hectic and chaotic cities in SE Asia and we're going
to show you the main attractions.
The best souvenir to take back home - weasel coffee.
That is coffee that has been pooped out of a weasel in case you were wondering.
It looks a little bit like an O'Henry bar.
There is a lot of exotic things you can buy in Vietnam.
Nothing more so than snake wine.
We also have some very cool chocolates over here in the shape of conical hats or you can
get your own durian chocolate.
Our first stop today is the War Remnants Museum in Saigon.
This museum chronicles the war from the perspective of the North side.
We just finished visiting the War Remnants Museum and inside it is divided into several
different galleries.
I would say that the most impacting gallery is the one that focuses on the results of
Agent Orange.
Agent Orange was a defoliant used to get rid of the leaves in the jungle, so that it would
make warfare easier but the thing is that the toxins effected people decades later,
so someone who had been exposed to the toxins when they were twelve years old when they
had children at twenty five most of those kids were born with deformities.
Thousands of people in Vietnam are effected by this.
We're here at Thien Hau temple dedicated to the Goddess of the Sea.
Many years ago this is where people would have come to pray for protection for a long
sea journey.
Over here they are burning the used incense.
So the spiral coils that you see burning up there are actually incense sticks and they
burn for three months, so if a family wants to have good luck they come to the temple
they write their name and date of birth on a little ribbon that is attached to the incense
stick and it just burns there for a few months and you're lucky the whole time.
Next up it is time to go shopping at the Binh Tay Market.
Let's go see what we can find.
The market is a bustling hive of activity and you can buy just about anything here.
I wait for you.
We have some very forceful saleswomen over here.
One lady grabbed onto my arm and was pulling and she would not leg go of me because I wouldn't
buy a silk scarf.
We are now visiting the Reunification Palace.
This used to be the Presidential Palace for South Vietnam and it is stuck in a time warp.
It has been left to look exactly the way it did when the North stormed through on April,
1975.
This is the Notre Dame Cathedral in Saigon and it is a very easy landmark to notice because
it is made out of red brick.
And if you happen to be here at the right time you can even join Mass.
Our last stop of the day we are visiting the General Post Office in Saigon and normally
a post office wouldn't be a main attraction but this one was designed by Gustav Eiffel,
the same guy who built the Eiffel Tower.
The old phone booths have been turned into ATM machine stations.
Although it is a
main tourist attraction it still does function as a post office.
And that concludes our grand tour of Saigon and we hope you enjoyed it.