Hej,

Living in Ho Chi Minh City is great. However, I am aware of the fact that I have readers from different cultures. Therefore I am trying to explain HCMC's advantages from different perspectives.

American Perspective:
Vietnam is awesome, the best country ever! It’s definitely a must see and people are extremely friendly. There are amazing pubs and just a few kilometers away you can shoot with real ammunition for only one buck a shot. You can take pictures of yourselves standing on a tank and pretend to save some country (just like Iraq in Southafrica). They have plenty of fast food restaurants, too, and in pubs you get free refill (even though it is just iced tea).

German Perspective:
Vietnam isn’t bad. It is much safer than expected and the medical coverage of Ho Chi Minh City is ok, not as good as in Germany though. You can buy fake products here and some of the brand names are spelled incorrect. That is very funny. You can save money as people in restaurants usually do not expect any tip. If you are on a street market and bargain very hard you can save almost 10% of the price.

French Perspective:
Vietnam es super. The Vietnamese cuisine is excellent, eh. You can eat a lot of seafood and even frog, eh. Just like at home! Some old Vietnamese can still speak French, which is superb, eh. There is even more we have in common. If they try to speak English its a big effort to get the meaning of what they are trying to say, eh. We also share our history, eh. During almost 100 years our ancestors protected the Vietnamese from their own shortcommings such as excessive superstitions and brought them our superior culture by occupying the country, eh. Vive la France!

British Perspective:
Vietnam is sexy. No more comment!

Japanese Perspective:
Eto...Vietnam is cool. They even have electricity here and hundreds of motorbikes from Honda. Next to Ho Chi Minh City there is a place you can take pictures of yourself wearing a Vietcong uniform. Oh. Sorry, sorry. Is it insulting? Sorry! Arigato.

Mexican Perspective:
Vietnam is great. It is very safe and you can cross the border to Cambodia and Laos easily. You can get beers for less than a dollar. Although the Vietnamese hats are not as big as ours, they are funny too.

Easter European Perspective:
Vietnam is very advanced. The country is rich of natural ressources and the illiteracy rate is extremely low! We like going there because the people consider us as wealthy and educated (not like in Germany e.g.). Unfortunately, there is not bus or train to Vietnam.

Did I miss any perspective? Pls let me know...
See ya,
Mr.Fabulous