It seems that every town has one just like the main city
hall they have a Chinatown. My first impressions of Chinatown here in HCMC is just
like all other Chinatowns that I have visited. You can get almost anything and
everything here in Chinatown. That actually might be true here in HCMC. This
Chinatown may have everything you would want at a discounted price here in
HCMC.
The market area is actually quiet big and spacious covering several square
blocks. The main difference here in this Chinatown seems to be that there are
groups of stores jumbled together that sell the same thing for instance the
cloth stores are all together as well as the hardware stores. Most of the shops
here are specialized and carry one main thing. If your store sells fans that is
all that it carries every conceivable type of fan and nothing else.
One of the characteristics that you know you are in the Chinatown
area is that the signs of the shops are now not in two languages but three
Chinese, Vietnamese and English. The Chinese Red lanterns are another giveaway
that you have made it to the Chinatown area.
One of the places that I like to see in Chinatown is the
flower district. There is booth after booth of flower shops that are making all
kinds of arrangements from bouquets to funeral arrangements. You can walk down
the street and also feel the mist in the air to keep the area cool for the
flowers. This actually might be the reason why I like the area LOL it is about
10 to 15 degrees cooler than the heat of the sun.
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