Met Waleed after the Jummah prayer, a Palestinian born in Nazareth


In morning for breakfast I walked to Halal Amin Pho Muslim shop, ate Pho Bo there, which was very good, and then a tea from the 7-eleven store near Ben Thanh market. Withdrew 2000,000 VND from a Vietin Bank atm near Ben Thanh market, then I walked to one of the ofice of Phuong Trang (Futa Bus) at 205 Pham Ngu Lao street, booked a seat for the next morning 7 AM bus from HCMC to Can Tho, paid 165,000 VND for the ticket.

Walked back to hostel, took some rest, then got ready for the Jummah prayer, prayed Jummah at Jamia Al-Muslman Masjid (Saigon Central Masjid). I reached on time, the prayer started at 12:30 PM, after tha prayer drank an orange juice and an iced milk coffee at a small shop inside the mosque complex, just next to mosque entrance.

Met a Palestinian man, his name was Waleed, he was born in Nazareth in Palestine but now lives in America. After the prayer I walked to HCMC Central Post Office, bought some beautiful postcards there. Many foreigners were mailing the postcards to their families & friends at the post office. There was a a book street near to the post office, just opposite to Notre Dame Cathedral, I spent some time there.

Later I visited the War Remnants Museum, the entrance fee was just 40,000 VND. The museum have a lot of information on the Vietnam war, the brutality of American forces and the ultimate victory of vietnamese people. The museum also have a display of weapons used by the American forces and the destruction caused by the use of Dioxin (Agent Orange).



Some of the photos that I took that day