Saigon South : Developing City III

This area is referred to by many differently; namely Phu My Hung, District 7 and Saigon South. Saigon south is, incredibly, located in the south of the city, and it is literally right on the edge of the city, forming the new frontier of HCMC as it slowly spreads into the surrounding countryside. Drive down [...]

Saigon : A Developing City II

Here’s the exciting pics I couldn’t post last time. A shot of the clean-up down by the canal in D1/D4 :

This sums it all up really. In the foreground is the canal clean-up, and in the background a new block of apartments is rising from the ground.
And here is the construction site at the start [...]

Saigon : A Developing City

I feel homesick. Homesick for Saigon that is. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and whenever I leave that crazy mish-mash of pastel colours and incessant noise, I really have an urge to get back there. Seoul strikes me as ‘Seoul’less with very little atmopshere after living through the daily ‘heart on your sleeve’ attitude [...]