Alternative Saigon.

 Saigon is very well known for being a small yet busy city, but only some people actually know that there is inner peace within the chaotic surroundings.

Saigon, quite alluring this place, once you are into it, it's difficult to get out. It attracts you not by its apperance but by its "personality". Personality is the trait, how a person is like inside, and the same concept goes for a city, the personality is the interior of the city. It determines how beautiful something is, permanantly. Beauty only last and can be remembered for a certain about of time but the personality is what will be remembered, forever. Back to the main point, the other side of Saigon, or as I call it, alternative Saigon.

Behind that noisy and hectic walls is an isolated and undisturbed world. What is this amazing world that I'm talking about, this world is made out of underrated elements of the main city. It's the city of cafés and independent restaurants, I call them havens. Each opens and leads us to a different dimension through divergent atmospheres. In one place you might feel like you are back to the 50s and in another you might feel like you are in another country, amazing huh? Most of them will have a rustic feel which makes them like havens,  at small cafés you can just get away, from the externals and forget about it for a while. It's where you can enjoy that delicious drink and just clear your mind from whatever is going on. 

Find these places can be tricky sometimes, it takes time and a bit of road knowledge to find them. Most of them are either in a creepy, dangerous looking apartment or in a shady alley. Luckily I'm fine with investigating the locations and talking about investigating, I'm presenting you a somewhat "series". This is a series about independent cafés and restaurants in Saigon. After going to each of the places in town I will take photos and blog about them. I hope this series will turn out like plan and it will be the ticket for you guys to go into the alternative Saigon, that I'm also inlove with. me. 

Some of the locations are also placed in my cafés page and I'm sure that this will be updated frequently. 

Saigon, personally is my inspiration and everyday when I wake up I feel inspired. I want to brag to the world that Saigon is  also a beautiful and magical place, not bad at all comparing to other breathe taking sites. Every place has its own beauty and so does Saigon.