Saigon and the end of Eden

From 1975 to 1992 is 17 years. From 1992 to 2010 is 18 years. In roughly the same amount of time from the reunification of Vietnam and the time elapsed from my first trip to Vietnam, I've watched Saigon grow. I've watched it grow from inside, from being there in person as an active member of Saigon. I love the city like a second hometown - that place you went after college to settle down and make yourself.



Although I don't live there and haven't for a decade, I visit every 2 years. I'm married to a fantastic Vietnamese woman that has all of the things I love and remember about Vietnam and is my equal and balancing 1/2. When we visit we see family and friends. I drive a scooter everyday like 90% of people the Vietnamese still. I drive from Go Vap to work or downtown everyday. We go to the beach; to Long Hai or Nha Trang, sometimes Phan Thiet. Sometimes we go on longer trips around Vietnam when we visit, but the place I spend most of my time is Saigon. Saigon for me has always been that place where you change from what you were to what you became and it is still shaping and steering parts of my life.