Saigon in Pictures

We spent a total of three weeks in Saigon in February of 2016. Two weeks were spent in District 1 and 1 week in Go Vap District.

Man on bike

A motorbike taxi driver relaxes on his bike.

Communism

Vietnamese Flags

Streetside Barber

A man gets his hair cut on the street.

Walking Around

Saigon afternoon

Town

Busy Saigon streets in District 1

Westernized

Motorbikes outside of a Ho Chi Minh KFC

Poor cat and man dumping drinks

Cat lounges in an alleyway

Man in Pink Cathedral

A man sleeps in the shade of the Pink Cathedral

Sunlight

Light filters through incense at Jade Emperor Pagoda

Temple Offerings

Offerings at Jade Emperor Pagoda

Balcony

Rooftop views of District 1

Rooftop flowers

Rooftop views of Go Vap district

Go Vap District

A local rests on the sidewalk

Pink walls

Briana poses in an alleyway

Stray Cats

Cemetery Cats

Flowers in Go Vap

Flowers

Cards in the water

Cards float in a canal

Biking AroundDoorsMore views from our placeTemple

Comments

    1. marriedwithmaps

      The majority of the photos are film, but not quite all. I love film but it has been really difficult to manage it while traveling sometimes. The airport scanners can diminish the quality if they go through many times. I developed these rolls (these photos are from two) while in Bangkok, after leaving Vietnam and the people messed up half of one of these rolls and my entire rolls of Cat Ba Island and also my second trip to Hanoi. It’s sad because I was so looking forward to seeing them. But that is the risk sometimes. In most major cities you can typically find a few places to purchase film but you have to be careful because some of them sell really expired film which hasn’t been stored well. There is usually at least one spot in the major cities to develop but they aren’t always great quality. Another issue I have faced is that most like to give it to you on a CD and my laptop doesn’t support CDs. My best experiences with film have been in Seoul (the Chungmuro District is awesome for film or photography lovers in general) and also in Kuala Lumpur.

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