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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...

On my recent trip to Japan, Tokyo, one of my favorite places was Odaiba! It's a large artificial man made island located in Tokyo Bay. Back during the Tokugawa Shogunate era, this island was made due to the arrival of the Americans as a form of defense, but today, it is an island of recreation and shopping akin to that of Sentosa! Although it was quite a distance away from where we stayed (Shinjuku), as well as the transportation being slightly pricey, imho it was worth it! The amount of money and effort spent to get there was very worthwhile. Odaiba is so beautiful beyond words, and it is like a paradise to me! To get there, we took the Tokyo Metro train to Shimbashi, then transferred over to the Yurikamome Line , which is an automated transit train controlled purely by a computer system. Think our very own Bukit Panjang LRT! This driverless monorail brought us across the Tokyo Bay via over the Rainbow Bridge, and we alighted at Daiba Station . Crossing the...