Pagodas & Temples along Ho Chi Minh City’s Canals – Who Knew? Part 2
I n my July 2020 chronicle, “Canal Life in Ho Chi Minh City, Who Knew?” here (w hich, if you haven’t already read (huh?) please do, as this chronicle will make a lot more sense), I remarked that there’s a surprising number of pagodas and temples strung along the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal, a major urban regeneration project running for 10km through central Ho Chi Minh City, that took two decades to complete. Even in the small section of the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal that I’m covering, my so-called ' posh neighbourhood' where I reside – roughly from Le Van Sy Bridge, in District 3, to Dien Bien Phu 2 Bridge, in Binh Thanh District – there seems to be a disproportionate amount of pagodas and temples. Located along Truong Sa and Hoang Sa, the two meandering streets running parallel to the canal, there are literally more than you can shake a bamboo stick at. And all within strolling distance of my canal-side abode . Not just a posh neighbourhood, also, evidently pretty s