Not far from the Vanouva Hotel where I've been staying in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), there's the huge Ben Thanh Market, which is all under cover and has a massive number of stalls. The vendors try to accost visitors with a hard sell on their merchandise, so progress can be hazardous as it was today, Sunday 23rd April, when I went to purchase some gifts to take home. There are sections for meat and fish, fruit and veges, arts and ceramics, dried goods, confectionery, cosmetics, clothing, jewellery and so on. It's a bit like the bazaars I'm used to in the Arab world, though furnishings and electronic goods were thin on the ground. All told I've probably spent two to threes hours ambling through it.
Here are some images I captured of the bustling market with its thousands of tourists and locals:
Here, for example, is an array of seafood, including frogs, shell-fish, lobsters, shrimps, slugs etc. - all alive as far as I could tell.
And the vendors were selling off just about all known parts of animals: legs, tongues, intestines, and many more!
You can gauge the size form these photo, and how crowded it was with people.
All up, a fun place - fascinating in its diversity.
AS
Here are some images I captured of the bustling market with its thousands of tourists and locals:
Here, for example, is an array of seafood, including frogs, shell-fish, lobsters, shrimps, slugs etc. - all alive as far as I could tell.
And the vendors were selling off just about all known parts of animals: legs, tongues, intestines, and many more!
You can gauge the size form these photo, and how crowded it was with people.
All up, a fun place - fascinating in its diversity.
AS
1 comment:
Wow, Vietnam looks beautiful on the one hand but a dangerous traffic environment on the other!
Richard.
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