Another Tourist in Saigon

Vincent and I decide to go to the coastal beach town of Nha Trang and book the bus for the following morning. This leaves us with a day to spend seeing more sights of Saigon.

After taking a snap of Uncle Ho in Saigon’s central post office we pop down to the Vietnamese museum located outside the zoo where I experience the Vietnamese double standard once more, Vincent as a local pays 2k VND, while I as a foreigner must pay 15k VND.

Inside I take a couple of photos only to be stopped by security and told that no photos are allowed (code for bribe me). I take this as a challenge and decide to risk it. After studying the security guards’ patterns around the museum, I find the times when I can take photos and take plenty.

In one of the rooms is an exhibit of traditional Vietnamese instruments and after some quick tuition by the curator of the exhibition, I belt out a stunning rendition of Mary Had a Little Lamb on the electrical who knows what’s it called.

Vietnamese instruments are pretty badass but aren’t really setup for playing blues.

After the museum we enter the zoo and I take photos like a good little tourist boy. I see a woman in a wedding dress and am most amused so I start taking photos of her. 

Turns out she’s a model, I’ve never seen models at Taronga zoo before.

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