This is the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. No, we’re not in Ho Chi Minh City, it just so happened that the mausoleum was named after the then Communist Party of Vietnam chairman Ho Chi Minh. And also, this is in Hanoi, Vietnam.
This is my first time in Hanoi, Vietnam and we arrived through the Noi Bai International Airport via Cebu Pacific from the Philippines. Our flight left past 10pm and arrived past 12midnight in Vietnam’s old-school city.
Makati never ceases to be vibrant. Just the other day, Ayala Avenue lit up with Christmas lights for the Philippine holiday season. And making things brighter are Megaworld’s new condominium properties in the area.
I was bitten by the travel bug quite late, actually. I was already 28 when my eyes were opened to the beauty of the Philippines in my first trip outside Luzon – a ferry ride to Coron, Palawan in 2006.