Things to See and Do in Ho Chi Minh City
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- Mar 18, 2008: ... would make the total trip a waste! I headed over to the Cho Ben Thanh Market at the west end of Le Loi, I noticed the clock ...
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- Aug 4, 2008: ... JNWucQJGVI&feature=related
The War Remnants Museum followed, a museum dedicated to memorializing atrocities committed ...
- Dec 11, 2008: Vietnam, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) - "Same Same"
Arrived early afternoon into Saigon, or Ho Chi Minh City as it is now ...
- Dec 3, 2005: ... minibuses which rudely drop us off at the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) but I still feel apprehensive knowing that we ...
- Apr 12, 2009: ... time worrying about us, ok.
When we got to Ho Chi Minh City, (lets call it Saigon, easier to spell), the bus ...
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- Aug 4, 2008: ... , a monstrosity of 60's architecture known as the Reunification Palace, former headquarters of the South Vietnamese government. ...
- Mar 29, 2007: ... to the vibrant chaos of Saigon (now officially known as "Ho Chi Minh City". Forget any preconceptions you may have, a lot has ...
- Feb 12, 2004: ... in Saigon.
Mission three would take us to The Reunification Palace, Saigonís foremost building of historical significance. ...
- Aug 3, 2008: ... have some lunch and then went over to the Independance (Reunification) Palace. This was quite interesting as this Palace is ...
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- Mar 23, 2008: Well, we have now arrived in Vietnam's largest city, Ho Chi Minh City, or as it used to be known before the 1975 ...
- Aug 23, 2006: ... in the boiling heat, we eventually got a bus to Dam Sen water park. A water park is a great place to forgive each other after ...
- Jun 11, 2009: ... of Vietnamese culture that we saw in Saigon was at the Dam Sen water park. Luc had the bright idea of heading to the water ...
- Dec 29, 2008: ... falling apart so she bought a new one (I like it!).
Dam Sen Water Park is absolutely incredible. So many slides. So many ...
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- Aug 8, 2008: ... rundown of highlights. We spent Tuesday pagoda-hunting in Chinatown, Thursday at the Jade Pagoda and just kind of wandering ...
- Feb 16, 2004: ... included the War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City Museum, History Museum, Cholon (Chinatown), Dong Khoi shopping, and ...
- Feb 4, 2005: ... ideals is a recurring scene throughout the city.
Ho Chi Minh City seems to be one giant Chinatown to me. To get around as ...
- Feb 14, 2006: ... for the most part. There's something very Mediterranean about Ho Chi Minh City that really reminds me of Rome; maybe it's ...
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- Jan 13, 2009: We arrived in Ho Chi Minh City in the evening, completely exhausted from the long day of travel. With all of ...
- Mar 2, 2007: ... whitening cream in the shops.
We visited the Cu Chi Tunnel complex this morning. We drove out on the Trans Asian ...
- Aug 2, 2008: ... After lunch, we drove north to the city of Cu Chi, made famous by its Cu Chi tunnel system which was used very effectively by ...
- Jan 28, 2009: ... einer Tour anschliessen und haben uns dann fuer die Kombination Cu-Chi Tunnel, Cao Dai Tempel (eine Religion die es nur hier ...
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- Jul 4, 2004: ... Vietnamese airspace.
The taxi from the airport to Ho Chi Minh City cost 5 bucks. Unfortunately, the two arrived at the ...
- Jul 6, 2009: ... we were up at 5am to catch an early Tiger flight to Ho Chi Minh City. After a quick check in at the Budget Terminal we were ...
- Mar 26, 2008: ... down.
This morning I woke up early to go visit the Emperor Jade Pagoda with one of the other girls on my tour. The rest ...
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- Nov 9, 2009: ... by a mildly cool luke-warm post office, a fairly grand building, with the daddy; Ho Chi Minh, overseeing proceedings. We met ...
- Aug 25, 2009: The early morning bus from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City brought two tired and irritable customers to their final city in a tour ...
- Nov 9, 2007: ... ;n tranh) is a war museum in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. It primarily contains exhibits relating to the ...
- Feb 1, 2007: ... people lately as to what name they use for the city: Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) which is the new name or Saigon, which was the ...
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- Dec 28, 2007: Today us three girls went off on another adventure. We booked a private guide who turned out to be a lovely young woman, and ...
- Dec 11, 2006: ... par les singes dans la magnifique réserve de mangroves à Can Gio. Une des caractéristiques des vietnamiens qui vous plaît le ...
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- Feb 16, 2004: ... tourist adventures included the War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City Museum, History Museum, Cholon (Chinatown), Dong Khoi ...
- Jan 3, 2009: ... from the US to be used against the invading Japanese.
Ho Chi Minh means "Bringer of Light".
The Tet Offensive was the ...
- Jun 1, 2009: ... ! Saigon is still used as the name of the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, which itself covers a massive area. We have found ...
- Dec 5, 2006: ... nbsp;as well as the fascinating War Remnants Museum and the History Museum. We checked out briefly the botanical gardens and ...
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- Oct 11, 2008: ... it out. It turned out to be a great day at the Binh Tay market.
Basically, this market is absolutely huge. It ...
- May 4, 2007: City Tour today;
Quan Am Pagoda,
Binh Tay Market,
Jade Emporor Pagoda,
War Remnants Museum,
Ben Thanh Market,
Notre ...
- Oct 23, 2008: ... one word would describe our first impression of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh). Short answer is that there isn't ONE.......... ...
- Nov 17, 2008: ... escape it!
There seems to be a lot of Westerners here in Ho Chi Minh, or at least where we are, anywhere esle you go, you ...
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- Jun 19, 2008: ... day. I'm 31...
Culture wise, we took in the Fine Art Museum, the Reunification Palace and the War Remnants Museum, the ...
- Oct 9, 2009: ... turns out, displayed some of her art in London! 3. Museum of Ho Chi Minh City - this was another really interesting museum ...
- Aug 25, 2007: ... up around 30km worth of walking, checking out the Fine Arts Museum (just wandering around the building it's housed in was ...
- Apr 25, 2009: Stephanie and I arrived by bus in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on Saturday, April 18, 2009. Immediately after getting off the bus ...
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- May 11, 2004: ... round Saigon taking in a huge Pagoda and the Notre Dame cathedral which is a miniature of the French version.
By 1pm we ...
- Aug 2, 2008: ... in some parts of the museum.
We then headed off to Notre Dame Cathedral - no, we hadn't done a quick trip to Paris - there ...
- Mar 28, 2005: ... past the Ben Thanh market, French Hotel De Ville, Notre Dame cathedral, the park with the trees painted white at the bottom, ...
- Sep 24, 2007: ... in the sights along the way. We saw Notre Dame cathedral (I thought that was in France) and then the post ...
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- Mar 28, 2005: ... working visa (supposedly). All in all, the overnighter in Ho Chi Minh City wasn't an ideal experience for me. Not because ...
- Feb 9, 2005: ... War Remnants Museum & the Reunification Palace, the Hotel de Ville & the Cu Chi Tunnels (the huge maze of underground tunnels ...
- Mar 15, 2009: ... Our particular favorite was L'Hotel de Ville, a neoclassical lemon yellow French mansion in the city center. We loved it ...
- Nov 21, 2002: Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon) is a world away from Hanoi in the North. Although it is still overrun with motorbikes and ...