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Some people said it’s easy to spend a lot in Vietnam as they do have lots of interior decoration stuff and they are very cheap. However, I almost spent nothing in this trip for shopping. Ben Thanh market is the major shopping area of the city compared with many others I had been, but I only bought a buffalo bone made brooch, which costs VND45,000.00. It’s about USD2.90. Vietnamese coffee is great. Their coffee beans are very cheap. I bought 100gm of Bluemountain coffee and 200gm of Moka included a drip filter, only costs VND75,000.00. It’s about USD4.8. It’s so cheap though I don’t know if those Bluemountain coffee is real or not. Bluemountain is supposed to be very expensive but theirs are very cheap. Anyway, I just bought it for souvenir. If any of you don’t know what Vietnamese coffee is, and how to make them. You can go to this site for details. Most of their home decoration stuffs are either wood made or bamboo made. Most of them are not very colourful. Oh well, I am a colourful person, so their designs are not so attractive to me. It’s good as I didn’t spend anything for shopping. If I was in Thailand, I am sure I will spend fortune.

My buffalo bone made brooch and Bluemountain coffee, Moka with drip filter….

Saigon street scene….

Gallery scene…there are so many lovely galleries in Ho Chi Minh. It’s actually part of the influences caused by the French colony period.

By the Saigon River, and the night cafe scene in District one…

I found the most significant scene of Ho Chi Minh is the motorbikes on the roads, and their sound. Apart from taxi and travel buses, I really didn’t see many private cars on the roads. There are many motorbikes in Taiwan, but the noise of those in Ho Chi Minh is remarkable. Do you want to hear?