Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City

Saa er vi landet i Saigon. Midt i en tropisk hede - luftfugtigheden er p.t. kun 50% men kan gaa helt op til 70-70%. Det foeles dog stadig ulideligt, saa jeg toer slet ikke taenke paa hvordan det kan vaere.

Vi havde en kort tur rundt i byen, som er meget arkitektonisk praeget af sin tid som fransk koloni. Vi besoegte det Vietnamesiske krigsmuseum, hvilket selvfoelgelig var en meget tramatisk oplevelse. Jeg naaede kopimarkedet. Noget jeg altid MAA se.

Der bor 9 mill. i Saigon. Det ser ud som om mindst halvdelen af de 40 mill. motorcykler er her, men der er mere styr paa trafikken end i Hanoi. Folk tjener ca. dobbelt saa meget her. Det virker heller ikke helt saa fattigt, men det er stadig uhyrligt dyrt for vietnameserne at bo her og mange flytter tilbage til landet.

I morgen gaar turen til Mekong deltaet, hvor vi bl.a. skal overnatte hos en familie, som det hedder sig. Vi skal aabenbart sove i det fri. Jeg tror ikke, at vi faar sovet meget.

Hver aften er der faellespisning. I aften foregaar det ude i Saigons hede.

We have landet in the heat of Saigon in the middle of the tropical heat. The humidity is 50% but can go up to 70-80%. It still feels unbearable though so I dare not think what it could be like.

We made a short trip around the city, which is very influenced architectural by the French being af former colony. We visited the Vietnamese museeum of war, which of course was a traumatic experience. I did the copy market. Something I always HAVE to do.

There are 9 mill. people living in Saigon and it looks like half the 40 mill. motorbikes are here, but they have control of the trafic here. The income of the citizens are twice that of the people in Hanoi and the city does not look as poor, but still the living expences are very high and many people move back into the country.

Tomorrow we are going to the Mekong Delta, where we are doing a homestay overnight sleeping outside. I do not expect that we will get much sleep.

Every night we have a get together for a dinner meal. Tonight it will out in the heat of Saigon.