BUDGET TRAVEL TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM DAY 2 PART 2
March 24, 2018 MABUHAY!
This is part 2 photo and video journal of our second-day budget travel to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. GETTING THERE
The taxi ride from Phan Dinh Phung street is around 35 minutes. We had a lot of fun traveling around the city enjoying every sights and scenery our eyes gazed upon. The taxi driver is also very nice and jolly person although we only communicate through GOOGLE Translate.
Our travel map itinerary
ROAMING AROUND BINH TAY MARKET
Binh Tay market is locally known as the central market of CHO LON which is a fusion of Vietnamese and Chinese commercial establishments. The main building was closed during our visit due to construction renovation. The architectural facade of the main market building is highly influenced by European architecture.
The main market building undergoing renovation
The main market hall enclosed with a temporary perimeter fence
The architectural facade of Binh Tay Market building
THE STALLS
Our travelto a foreign country will never be complete without a visit to a public market. They say that the marketplace is the pulse of the community where you can meet local people in their day to day mode of life. Binh Tay market is teeming with crowds, goods, vegetables, fruits, meats and other merchandise. Most of the stalls are relocated within the proximity to give way to the ongoing renovation of the main market building.
Vegetable stalls
Leather goods and other merchandise
Assorted goods
the surrounding stalls
the surrounding stalls
the surrounding stalls
Sour orange - Dalandan (Filipino) fruit stands
I don't know what are these small fruits
Mangoes & dragon fruits
Assorted fruits
Assorted fruits
These are called Long Mut in Vietnam and "Tsiko" in the Philippines
Assorted fruits
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The market is also surrounded by various Vietnamese street food stalls offering affordable local delicacies that will surely fill your hungry tummy.
A fried sticky rice snack to be dipped in sweet coconut milk
Another cooked sticky rice with flavors wrapped in banana leaves
A circle shaped cassava snack grilled
Congee snack
with small banh mi bread toppings
chili sauce with lemon juice
Also topped with bean sprout
TRAVELING AS IT IS! ROAMING AROUND BINH TAY MARKET - Video Footage
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We noticed that there is a bus station near the marketplace so we asked some locals if buses are passing to Phan Dinh Phung street where our accommodation is located. We learned that the first bus we ride is only up to the Ho Chi Minh downtown area. We ride another bus to reach our destination.
An old pagoda temple amidst modern buildings
The illuminated welcome arch
A sugar cane juice stall
They say that when there are crowds of local people in a queue on a food stall, for sure the food there is good. As for this shop selling sugar cane juice, a large number of locals wait in line to buy.
TRAVELING AS IT IS! NIGHT ROAD TRIP IN HO CHI MINH CITY - Video Footage
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