New Year's Eve in HCMC

On Friday night Mark treated me to dinner for an early Valentine's celebration at one of our favorite restaurant's, Amigos. I had a great steak dinner,he had beef burritos. We then joined the throngs of people walking down one of the major streets in HCMC which was decorated for the Lunar or Chinese New Year. They had beautiful flowers and water fountains and even a flower ferris wheel. The New Year began on Sunday Feb 14th and this is the year of the tiger. They had an assortment of different tiger statues up and down the street, even a huge white one. The Chinese people wore their traditional outfits and even the small children were dressed up. As the sun was setting the many lights which decorated the street were turned on and the festivities livened up. It reminded me of the Rose Parade in Pasadena with the many different assortment of flowers. I love celebrations !!