Yesterday was Vietnam's Independence Day. On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh gave a speech declaring that Vietnam was now free from their French colonial rulers. According to some of the students that we work with, Independence Day is more of a day to declare your Independence from city life and head to the beach for a couple of days. The fact that so many people do go to the beach, has actually left the city pretty quiet this weekend. It feels like a strange day in Saigon when you can cross the street with no problem like we were able to do yesterday. Either way, beach or city, Vietnam gets all dressed up with communist banners all over, patriotic songs blaring, and generally a festive feeling.
Last night we were able to post up in our apartment for a great view of a firework show that they put on at a amusement park which is actually close to our school. Heidi made sure that we had our own soundtrack, blasting Katy Perry's
Fireworks time and time again. I am sure that Uncle Ho would have found it an appropriate and inspiring song.
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| These are a little blurry but you can see the fireworks in the background. |
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