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Tourist boating on the Saigon River
Mentioning HCMC, people immediately think of
well-known sightseeing spots in the city center such as Ben Thanh Market, Notre
Dame Cathedral, the HCMC Post Office or Reunification Palace. These are fine
places to visit but why not escape the city’s boisterous atmosphere for a while
to enjoy a boat trip on the Saigon River to see the city from a different
perspective.
Boat tours on the Saigon River have existed for a long time. But taking a junk
tour, tourists experience all the spirit of Saigon from the river to the sky. A
junk tour on the river is a completely fresh feeling. Just a few steps down into
the junk offers another version of the city but without so much noise and less
crowded. The water and wind and boundless sky are peaceful.
It’s easy enough to take a junk tour and tourists may even ask the junk owner to
go to their favorite spots. Going around on the river, we see Nha Rong Wharf
where Ho Chi Minh left to save the country and the Thu Thiem Ferry where people
are on their way to or from work. Sitting on the junk, wind off the river blows
a cool gust through our hair like it wants to play with us.
The price for a junk tour is not expensive, just VND80,000 for an hour. If
tourists go in a group the price is cheaper because each junk holds ten persons.
Source: VietNamNet/SGT |
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