Just getting a chance to write about it now but yesterday was a very dark day... We went to see the War remnants Museum in Saigon and the whole time I was sick to my stomach and just completely lost the ability to speak. Wall after wall of Vietnam war photos taken by both sides, action, dead bodies, lost limbs, abuse, torture, every photo with a caption, agent orange deformities and burns. Death. I was blinking furiously to stop myself from crying and I had a lump in my throat for the entire exhibit... I have never seen anything so horrific. How can anyone do such things to other human beings??? There was a slight slant in the photos on show but it doesn't excuse the absolute horrors that the Americans carried out on some of the Vietnamese including one offensive where the Americans decimated a town which included killing about 150 children 60 of which were between the ages of 5 months and 5 years!!!!! In the middle of all this the American Declaration of Independence is quoted, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." I found it rang a little hollow....
It definitely is a Saigon must-see, but if you do just don't expect a fun day out. We followed the visit with a few cold beers to try and wash away some of the images stuck in our heads, a very dark day...
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