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| this can tire a kid out |
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| remembering above, along with all the landscaping is man made, just for this event |
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| Le Loi Street on my way back tonight (30/1) |
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| Le Loi Street on my way back tonight (30/1) |
Today is the eve of Tet or the start of the lunar New Year celebration, the year of the horse. Okay, now it is starting to quiet down in Sai Gon except for the area around Le Loi and Nguyen Hue street.
Le Loi is the main drag in the center of the city and Nguyen Hue is a wide blvd off of leading off of it. Le Loi is capped off with lite decorations forming a canopy of lights and colored Tet decorations leading up to Nguyen Hue. Nguyen Hue has been blocked off to all except foot traffic and transformed into this fantastic display of flowers, trees, art and sculptures to commemorate the holiday.
I'm not an easy guy to impress and this years Tet presentation blew my socks off. As you look through the photos I took this afternoon, keep in mind this is a blvd with 3 lanes on each side of a grassy divider that stretches a half mile or so. Everything you see was brought in and fabricated just for this event and shortly after the Tet holiday it will be pulled down and hauled away and the street will look like it never happened.
Speaking of pulling things down so it looks like it never happened, on my way back to my room I walked by the park and all the flowering trees, plants and the people are gone. acres and acres of park land has been put back to its original use with out a sign of what went on.
On a personal note three of my favorite restaurants and three of my favorite bars, plus the place where I take my laundry are closed for the holiday and will reopen next week sometime.
Not having very good luck with adding photos into my copy, so the photos are
following - everywhere, sorry.
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| entrance to Nguyen Hue off of Le Loi |
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| what's a celebration without the balloon guys |
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| Sai Gon gives a new meaning to crowds |
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| all this is man made and will be removed in a few days |
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enterprising beverage sales lady
Once again, I want to thank you for coming along - Doug
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