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[Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam holiday] Reunification Palace + War Remnants Museum

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Sorry for the long hiatus on blogging on my previous trip to Ho chi Minh, Vietnam . I remembered I last stopped at the Cu Chi Tunnels and my experiences there, so now I will continue on the other sights of Saigon!      We visited the Reunification Palace which is a landmark of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam . It was a former home and workplace of presidents of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.   This place was also the site of the end of the Vietnam War during the Fall of Saigon in 1975, when the North Vietnamese army conquered Ho Chi Minh. A replica of the North Vietnamese Army Tank that crashed through the gates is situated there as well.          Therefore, before we entered the palace, we took some random photos of the famous tank.       The first and second levels of the palace consist of various meeting rooms, halls, reception rooms, Presi...

[picture blog] New York trip: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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My experience to the  Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)  will be my last post which will conclude my entire trip of New York, United States (USEC) . This post of the MET  will be more akin to a picture blog, and I will let the pictures do the talking!     We made a trip down to the Metropolitan Museum of Art which is located on the eastern edge of Central Park. It is the largest museum in United States and it contains more than 2 million artwork collections.     We paid USD20 for 2 people's admission to the museum. Although the museum recommends a fee of USD25 per pax. you can, for obvious reasons, neglect to follow this and opt to pay whatever you wish. You might get stares from staff if you pay too little though!     There is an array of permanent art collections and artworks from Ancient Egypt paintings and sculptures.        ...