這次去的時間是台灣的農曆年，也正好越南當地也是過新年，因此我的班機滿滿都是返鄉的人群。 下飛機果然感受到東南亞國家的熱情，就好比當地的溫度般，有點熱啊! 其實在越南換匯很方便，在機場我先換了100塊美金，馬上換匯的人員就恭喜我成了百萬富翁，此話可真不假。一美金可以換到兩千二左右越南盾，所以在哪裡隨便都是百萬富翁。
基本上我個人認為越南並不算太好買，而且換匯的話以第一郡市中心哪裡的匯率比較好，需要用多少換多少就好，因為換匯很方便，因此不需要一次換太多。
交通的部分，因為我是住在第一郡的Hotel Continental Saigon ，所以步行都可以到大景點，遠一點的搭計程車也很方便，我在越南的計程車只會搭比較可靠的Vinasun Corp. 的代步，花費也不算太貴，機場到我下榻的飯店大約是一萬二越南盾(大約5.5塊美金)。
我在胡志明市待上的時間不算久，會來這裡的原因其實是因為小時候看過的一部電影：情人， 年紀雖然還小，但是對他的印象很深刻，等到大一點後再看過一遍，感受到欲望、愛情、現實、跟哀愁的交錯。 哪時就想過長大一定要來這裡走一遭。
胡志明市的景點也不算太多，基本上來說，除了市政廳、中央郵局，紅教堂，統一宮，我住的大陸酒店、檳城市場外，我還去了戰爭博物館看了一下，感受一下越戰時殘忍的歷史。
除了景點外，其實在這個曾經稱為西貢的東方巴黎，現在路上車多人多有點亂糟糟的城市最吸引我的就是他街邊的景象 ─ 街頭討生活的人。每張臉跟每個攤位感覺背後都有很多故事反映著當下的胡志明市。這點讓我很著迷倒是真的。
In 2016 I used my mileages to exchange an Elite Class flight ticket to Ho Chi Minh City, which is also well-known Saigon as its former name. On the 2nd of July, 1976, after the reunification of the country, in commemoration of the main founder of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Labor Party Chairman Ho Chi Minh, Saigon became renamed "Ho Chi Minh City".
As I travelled there during the Lunar New Year in Taiwan, coincidentally, it's also the New Year time in Vietnam as well. There were also many Vietnamese travelling back home for the celebration in my flight. I sensed well not only just the heat but also the friendly people there welcoming me.
It was quite convenient to do money exchange in HCMC, I exchanged immediately 100 USD in the airport, as the currency of 1 USD equals to approximately 22.000 VND. After the exchange, the staff made fun to congratulate me being a millionaire. There are also many exchange booths in the city centre, District 1, also, I don't think Vietnam is a paradise for shopaholics, so just exchange the amount when you have to use cash, otherwise, as the exchange rate of VND varies a lot every day.
My transportation there is either on foot or by taxi. As my hotel is located in the District one, Hotel Continental Saigon, I can easily reach to almost all the famous sightseeing spots walking, and it's also convenient for me to grab a cab to somewhere far away. The taxis I took in HCMC are all from Vinasun Corp., it's not so expensive to take a cab there. I remember, the way from the airport to my hotel cost around 12.000 VND, which equaled to around 5.5 USD.
I didn't spend much time in HCMC, I wanted to come here because of a film: The Lover, which I saw when I was still little, even I didn't really understand it very well, somehow I had a deep impression in mind. When I watched it again when I was older, I sensed the human beings' complex emotions about love, lust, desires, reality and the sadness in all of the characters under that era in Saigon, or simply just all the Vietnam. I always wanted to step in this city to see its joys and sorrows from the old time that made it.
There are actually not many sightseeing spots as other Vietnamese cities in HCMC, in general people come here to see those colonial heritages such as Ho Chi Minh City Hall, Saigon Central Post Office, Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon, Independence Palace (Reunification Palace) and Hotel Continental Saigon, etc. I also visited the War Remnants Museum to testify the history of cruelty in Vietnam War.
Besides the touristic spots, I think the most attractive side of this city which was called Saigon, the Paris in the Orient, the messy traffic and the people who work on the street side to earn their living. Each face and each stand have his own story behind to reflection this current city. For me, it's the most interesting thing to walk in the city, imagining what kind of stories can each of them tell me.
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