December 15, 2010

Picture shot from inside the bunker of Reunification Palace (in Saigon). All of the walls are reinforced with steel... must have been kind of creepy to be situated down here when all the bombs are going off around you. Lots of escape tunnels everywhere.

December 14, 2010

Abstract photo taken inside Reunification Palace in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).

It was really interesting to go to Vietnam and see a different perspective on the Vietnam War (a perspective that was not present in my High School textbooks). Obviously, they portrayed the United State's involvement in a negative way... but weren't "anti-American" in how they did it (some of the war exhibits were actually sponsored by US companies).

December 12, 2010

Image taken from on top of "Reunification Palace" in Saigon. This building was South Vietnam's capital prior to being overtaken by the North Vietnamese army. The two tanks featured in this picture were the tanks that stormed through the capitol gates on April 30, 1975... and marked the end of the Vietnam war.

Wikipedia article explaining more here: Reunification Palace