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Houses in Ho Chi Minh City

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    Unlike Hà Nội where most new houses have a very historicist decorative design, the new houses in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) are more modernist if not just utilitarian. And while the houses in Hà Nội are most often painted ochre or vermillion, there is a much greater use of other colors in HCMC. As in Hà Nội, most houses are "tube houses" in that they are very narrow but very long. Although I haven't confirmed this yet, it is said that these lots are narrow because property taxes are based on the width of the lot at the street line. In HCMC, I guess (without confirmation yet) that many of the new houses are designed by young architects trying out new ideas, and this is very good to see. This in contrast to the usual utilitarian modernist larger buildings in HCMC. These pictures can be viewed by clicking on the first or top picture in the album and then click "next" on each photo to proceed though the album in slide show fashion.
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17 April 2008

Change of seasons in HCMC

The winds shifted two days ago to now be out of the southwest, the direction of the annual monsoon winds. For the past six months, the winds have been from the east.

The shift this year is occurring 21 days earlier than last year, so we are going to get an early start on the rainy season this year.

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So you are not giving my 'shedding dog' any credit for predicting the change of seasons??? :-) She is now 2 for 2 :-)

The rainstorm after lunch caused a huge leak in my computer lab. I will add a posting later.

Ah, the weather authority has spoken. Any predictions from Mel's Farmer's Almanac this year?

I've always wondered why it is so because there's nothing except the Pacific on the eastern side. On the western side, there's at least some land.

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