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| Preparing to take orchids via motobike in 98 degree heat - the cotton batting technique! |
Saturday, February 24 Vietnam
After our morning cooking class, we took a tour of some of the highlights in Saigon. We stopped at the 24 hour flower market, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Post Office and the former CIA building from the fall of Saigon in 1974. Lots to see and appreciate in the market!
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| Lady merchant making a flower delivery |
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| Vietnamese flags line the market side streets |
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| All things lotus: lotus buds, lotus pods, lotus blossoms, lotus leaves |
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| Lovely 94 year old woman; her son invited me in to say Hello when he heard I was from Chicago |
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| More forms of white rice than I ever imagined |
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| Sweet and smiling woman welcoming a photo |
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| Charming smile from the woman selling dried fish |
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| The rooftop of the CIA building (actually apartment complex) where the iconic photo was taken of the last American helicopter leaving Saigon in 1974 |
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| Saigon's Notre Dame Cathedral - a landmark now, not a functioning church |
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| Boating on the Saigon River |
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