The Space Needle of Saigon

Bitexco Financial Tower is said to be designed after a blossoming lotus flower. I won't even mention what I think it looks like.

Anyway, my father worked at the Space Needle in Seattle for years so I could not pass up the opportunity to check out a "competitor".

In a fairness, the tower isn't even complete so all it offers is an observation desk and a couple finicky computers.

That being said, the view of Saigon it offers is literally out of this world.

**Our hostel is down the street from the greenery in the middle left of this photo. The famous street of District 1, Pham Ngû Lâo.