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SOUTHERN VIETNAM
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Notre Dame Saigon(152133 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: Notre Dame Cathedral
   
Saigon Skyscraper (119794 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: A fairly new office complex. 
 
Inside Rex Hotel (142861 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: Inside the Rex Hotel, frequented by many journalists during the American/Vietnam war in the 70's
   
Basement Reunification Palace (62740 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: The basement of the Reunification Palace
      
Presidents War Room Vietnam (98616 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: The President's war-room and bedroom in the basement of the Reunification Palace. This palace is where treaty's declaring an end to the war were signed.
 
Fighter Jet Vietnam (103050 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: The War Museum - a US fighter plane
 
Ghetto Saigon (155479 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: This is in District 5 near Chinatown. 
Description: The Saigon government is in the process of tearing down all of these types of areas and building free government housing for those who live in shacks.
 
Ho Chi Minh Canal (79383 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: District 1
Description: Contrast this to the above photo - this area in this picture looked like the above picture a mere 3 years prior to this photo being taken!
 
Many Motorbikes Saigon (106526 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: Common scene when driving!
 
Motorcycles Saigon (147362 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: Typical street side scene
 
Rex Hotel Dancing (119915 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: Rex Hotel
Description: Dancing
 
Reunification Palace Hall (123526 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: Reunification P.
Description: The first floor of the palace. 
 
Teletype War Room (76488 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: The Reunification Palace
Description: This is in central Saigon in the basement of the Reunification Palace. The Teletype room.
 

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  Northern Vietnam

   
Dropped Bomb Reunification Palace (141100 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: In 1975 two bombs were dropped on this location - Reunification Palace
    
Grand Hotel Saigon (98796 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: This is the interior of the Grand Hotel
Meeting Room Reunification Palace (96417 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description:
Opera House Saigon (167632 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: This is a photo of the Opera House
Peoples Building Saigon (100526 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: The People's building at night
Reunification Palace (103705 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: This is of the Reunification Palace in central Saigon. This palace is where treaties declaring an end to the war were signed.
Tire Sandals (123733 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: Cu Chi Caves
Description: Sandals made from scrap tires. Very ingenious
Kill People Spikes (171855 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: Cu Chi Caves
Description: Spikes in a trap - during the war the tips of the spikes were covered in Cobra venom
Guillotine Vietnam (164042 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: War Museum
Description: This museum is in Saigon - this is a guillotine last used in the late 60's in Vietnam
Maproom Reunification Palace (93046 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: Reunification P.
Description: The President's map room in the basement of the Reunification Palace
Notre Dame Ho Chi Minh (114425 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: HCMC (Saigon)
Description: The front of the Notre Dame Cathedral
Rubber Tree Sap (58910 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: 50km outside of Saigon City
Description: This is one of many rubber catching containers. This was taken in a field of rubber trees.
Pho 24 Coffee (89286 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: Pho 24 Cafe
Description: This was taken in Saigon. A photo of a typical Vietnamese coffee - you let the coffee drain into the below cup before drinking.
Vietnam War Room (91832 bytes) Photographer: Dave
Date Taken: 8/4/04
Location: Reunification Pal.
Description: The President's war room

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