GuerillaZ

A warm welcome to readers from South Sudan and Argentina Saigon Ho Chi Minh City The thing about Saigon is ... it is a place of sharp contradictions. It is exhilarating. Magical. Extraordinarily friendly. Commercially dishonest, polluted and remorseless. Beautiful but chaotic. Peaceful and noisy. The giant Buddha at Giac Lam Pagoda Prayers at the Giac Lam pagoda  during Vesak Viet Rap Style - this video filmed in Saigon 'Just as I' by Karik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ2M12BeKX4 Freestyle by Karik et al - with images inside Benh Thanh Market https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix26RJ1cfOI Most of Vietnamese music is romantic. Even the rock band Buc Tuong cannot help but play slow, wistful songs. It sounds soppy until you remember the resolve of the people here. All that compassion and yearning becomes focussed on the object. My friend Nam  is my music adviser here. One or two have sug