Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Vicinity
The trip began by landing in Ho Chi Minh City. The traffic was horrendous - motorbikes moving like swarms of locusts and every traffic law every written ignored routinely.
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Ho Chi Minh City is an exceptionally busy place - people in perpetual motion. The Rex Hotel is still tops! Some things never change....
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For former members of the U.S. Army Security Agency (a.k.a. "Radio Research") who went to Vietnam, in-and-out processing (and for some, duty station) occurred at Davis Station, located next to Tan Son Nhut Airport. Davis Station is no more, replaced by rundown housing and mom-and-pop small businesses. The last two photos here are of what used to be the Grand Hotel, Cholon. This Hotel also served as an ASA/RR transient billet.
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Within HCMC is a Catholic Cathedral. Built on the lines of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, this cathedral is still in operation.