Personal website of Mithun Divakaran, a guy you may or may not know -- or like.
Photos and stories from many of my travels in the past 5 years
Date: 31 October 2019
I began my last day in Ho Chi Minh City with a visit to the Saigon Skydeck at the Bitexco Financial Tower.
Once the rain had subsided, I carried my tripod and walked to Nguyen Hue street.
I had already been there but I decided to shoot more timelapse sequences.
Next, I set up my tripod in front of the People’s Committee Building.
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Date: 31 October 2019
Today was my last full day in Ho Chi Minh City. There wasn’t much else left in my itinerary that I wanted to see. All except a visit to the Saigon Skydeck at Bitexco Financial Tower. At 262 m (860 ft), 68 storeys tall, I thought Bitexco Financial Tower was the tallest building in Vietnam but currently that title is held by another skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, the 461.2 m (1,513 ft) tall Vincom Landmark 81.
I planned to shoot a lot of photos for a timelapse video and so I set up my camera and tripod at various positions.
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Date: 30 October 2019
Upon returning to Ho Chi Minh City and checking in to Kim Dung hotel, I stepped out for lunch. I was in the mood for some Pho again. Pho is (currently) the most hyped Vietnamese dish (by foreigners). It’s basically a noodle soup, mostly served with cuts of beef.
The waiter kept a plate of quay on my table and I figured it was part of the sides, like the veggies, and was included in the price of the pho. Well, the waiter didn’t tell me that the quay is ‘optional’. If you eat it, you pay for it. Maybe locals knew that but I didn’t. Oh well.
Prices were slightly lower than Ben Thanh market but with some shops, you would have to negotiate harder. I decided to buy on the day I would be leaving Vietnam.
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