SaigonSighs 23 – ‘A Change is Gonna Come’.

1 May
The Bitexco Financial Tower when it was completed in 2010 was the tallest tower in Ho Chi Minh City / Vietnam but was eclipsed in 2011 by th Keangnam tower in HaNoi. That was surpassed in 2018 by the 461m Vinhomes Landmark 81 Tower in Ho Chi Minh City
Vinhomes Landmark 81 Tower took just three years to build, is the 14th highest tower in the world and was designed by British Architects.
From the days when ‘Renault’ ruled, mainly because Vietnam was a French Colony.
A boy and his boat! One side of the river is done, this side isn’t – Yet!
But soon will be.
These photos were taken in 2010, now the river is tamed, neat and tidy but the water is still pretty black
Progress!
What ‘Elf -n-Safety’?
Works canteen!
Architectural Antiques.
“Yu Gotta ‘ave FAITH! Even if they are building a huge dual carriageway in front of your house.
And Relax!

The most boring famous books I’ve nearly read (So boring I couldn’t finish them) The winner has to be ‘Death in the afternoon’ – Ernest Hemmingway. A chronological account of his obsession with Spanish bullfighting trying to justify his macabre interest with his great knowledge. Constantly waited for the story/plot to kick in, it never does.

A good second is Graham Greene’s ‘Our Man in Havana’. Surely an exercise in what totally outlandish ridiculous rubbish can I write and get away with it. The only spooky thing is, he wrote ‘The Quiet American’ which in hindsight seemed to accurately predict the Vietnam War and ‘Our Man in Havana’, eerily mirrors the Cuban missile crisis some seven years after it was published. It seems once you have achieved ‘fame and fortune’ anything you produce is lauded.

And finally- Saigon Online!

Love and Peace = John

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