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Winter 2015

Travel (Outside of Canada)

Notre Dame cathedral in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam night view

I had the best vacation in my hometown with my husband last year.

My hometown is Ho Chi Minh City, and people usually call it is Saigon, and it is the biggest city of Vietnam. It is too hot almost throughout the entire year – about an average of 33 Degrees Celsius every day. It has a lot of fascinating buildings and constructions since it is a modern and developing city. What I love about Saigon is that all the new and old things are perfectly harmonized. Behind the skyscrapers are the small alleys which contain a slower lifestyle and traditional values. My husband and I had a lot of places to go in our free time such as Nguyen Hue Walking Street, Tao Dan Park, Dam Sen Water Park, Suoi Tien Theme Park, and many other places which tourists usually visit. Besides the view, it can be said that Saigon is one of the food heavens that people should not miss when they come to Vietnam. We could find almost all kinds of Vietnamese cuisine here, and we enjoyed featuring foods on spectacular floating restaurants on Saigon River. I love Saigon a lot, because both the people and the city itself are nice to me and whoever wants to visit it.

It was the best vacation we had, my hometown was always wonderful and warm all the time, I loved my hometown and I wish I could visit my hometown every year.