November 2018. I am in Bangkok, my meetings are over and I have already skied in the local indoor ski place, Ski 365. A day left before flights home, now what? Take an airplane to Ho Chi Minh City, of course, and head to the children's ice & snow playground...
It wasn't a long flight, not expensive, and it seemed I could do this all in a day, before returning back to my hotel in Bangkok. I took a taxi to the Snow Town Saigon Playground in the city.
There was a lot of kids... and no one was skiing. But they had given me a moment after the kids left to actually ski the slope.
One more country to my collection of countries that I've skied in!
Post scriptum: Sadly, the playground is no longer operating. Rest in peace, hopefully there will be some new service that the Ho Chi Minh kids can experience snow and ice in!
Video:
My skiing:
Kids on the slopes:
Slopes:
The Snow Town from outside & booths inside:
Airplanes below. I took Air Asia flights, as they are a reliable but cheap airline. I also saw Vietnam Airlines planes at the airport.
This article has also been published here. Read the full Planetskier series at planetskier.net, or all blog articles from Blogspot, TGR. Photos, videos, and text (c) 2018 by Jari Arkko.
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