Binh Tay Ho Chi Minh City

Sorry for the late posts, the wifi and internet at the hostel are unreliable.

yesterday
morning, went to binh tay market in cholon, and saw what a real market should look like rather than ben thanh market made for tourists.
Binh tay is much larger than ben thanh, and sells a lot more products, ranging from dried ruits and grain, to …

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... of a park and a couple of stalls as you head into the area with Chinese lanterns and the like. Firstly we went to Binh Tay market, which it is suggested is better for 'sightseeing' than actually shopping... Definitely accurate! I've never smelt so many ...

... Sehenswuerdigkeiten im grossen Stil zu erkunden. Am Morgen standen das Kriegsmuseum, China Town, die Thien Hau Pagoda und der Binh Tay Markt auf dem Programm. Durch das Mittagessen im Kim's Cafe gestaerkt, erkundeten wir am Nachmittag den Workshop fuer ...

... ask people/follow buses/guess and eventually ended up finding it.  Total trip time was 110 minutes.  Ouch.  The Binh Tay Market has basically everything from sandals, spices, hot food, fruit, furniture, plates/silverware, snacks, and much ...

... out. Then backed to Cholon Bus Station and found the Bus #1. At the bus station, luckily we met one girl (she is the Ho Chi Minh University student) and the best part was, she can speak English well (with good pronunciation also) . We asked her, how to ...

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... is what feeds their spirits. There were a lot of prayer intentions on the walls and on incense coils. Our next stop was the Cho Binh Tay Market. This was a CRAZY place! It was just wall-to-wall stuff. You could barely walk through the aisles. We saw a ...

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... market at the far end of our district, so we dicided to check it out.  It turned out to be a great day at the Binh Tay market. Basically, this market is absolutely huge.  It took us awhile to find it because the streets were a bit wonky, but ...