Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - Random Stuff

Real estate comes at a premium in the crowded streets of central Saigon so buildings grow upwards rather than outwards. Many of these thin slivers replace the alleyways between old buildings:

Alterations can be done easily on the roadside:

Andrew's friend, Thui, took us out to the Binh Cuioi tourist village, a mini theme park of sorts, consisting of manufactured scenes from Vietnam. We didn't see too much of it because we had diverted our attentions toward a cheesy wedding photo shoot taking place:


Five seater:

Just before we turned in for the evening, we watched a bunch of local guys playing takraw, a game similar to hackey sack. Instead of a beanbag, though, they use a plastic shuttle with feathers on the end. You can hear a guy trying to sell us one in the background: