Impressions from the rising sun territories
The 5th day since we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City. It’s spectacular. Ho Chi Minh makes me feel the same as other major former colonial cities that I have encountered. Most of those cities have become sprawling monsters. Nearly 10 million people are busy night and day to run this mega-city. Sometimes I am absolutely blown.
You don’t have to go to Saigon to see something, because there’s « almost » nothing to see. We go to Saigon for the rush and the atmosphere: suffocation, fun, speed! The people of Saigon “are” the richness of the city. We must see them live, eat on their small stools in the streets, selling you certified copies and certificates of authenticity for replica watches (a treat for the gourmet salesman), see them on their motorcycle waiting for the green light, like at the Tour de France.
I love this city. It reminds me of others that have nothing in common. It’s true that as older I grow, as more I love the speed. If I stop here, I feel that we are going to get this speed.
We are moving and our planning is rich. I already see the criteria for a successful location. Everyone talks about the turn over, but we have seen others in the Balkans. It is certain that Ho Chi Minh is a two stages settlement: local and offshore. A city of 9M people will not remain just an offshore place. The question is how long will it take to make this link? Maybe we should combine (as Bucharest until 2006)?
At this time, what worries me the most, is the mobile operators difficulties (the interconnection doesn’t work for several hours each day and the “Edge” continuously disappears, this is bad. This reduces by half what we could do in mobile telephony, if we don’t have the opportunity to test it. The Internet seems somewhat less problematic… if we have at least 3 providers.
In terms of resources, I begin to believe.
To be continued…
Post office with the picture of Ho Chi Minh
Notre Dame Cathedral
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Posted on wed., 24 sep. 2008 14:03 by flasnier (105 day(s) old) | |||||||
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