Ho Chi Minh Museum (Ben Nha Rong) Ho Chi Minh City

1 Nguyen Tat Thanh, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam - Phone: 8299749

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    Uncle Ho and the morning after

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    My first hangover in Vietnam, well sort of. Matt was surprisingly sprightly for somebody who had literally revisited his dinner all over the streets of Ho Chi Minh the previous night, needless to say he was itching to have breakfast. What better way to start off the day than a big bowl of pho. We head down to the pho place on the corner of Pham Ngu …

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    Good Morning Vietnam!

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    After a pleasant flight from bangkok to HCMC, we boarded the cronky airport bus for the city. We didnt have the 8000 dong needed for the fare so instead of the bus driver ripping us off with dollars a nice young man paid for our tickets! What a nice welcome!

    We arrived at our hotel only to find our favourite Texan sitting in the lobby! ( …

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    Tunnels, Musuems and Lots of Food stalls

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    So we arrived in the dark from Dalat by coach a pretty uneventful journey (thankfully for us!!!!!). The lonely planet let us down again with a hostel that no longer existed but we managed to find something along the same street at a much cheaper price! We found some food stalls which we had been craving since traveling in Vietnam so managed to …

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    Broadcasting from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

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    Jose and I arrived last night to Saigon and met up at the airport. We are staying at a $12 a night backpacker hostel in the main backpacker hostel street so it comes out to $6 each (that's the expensive price since our room has AC, private bathroom with a shower and even a TV with a DVD player!).
    Today we started our day at 9 am. Had breakfast …

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    Big water babies

    ... Many of the rooms are still decorated in a very 1960s style, including the padded rooftop bar. Next up was the City of Ho Chi Minh museum. This basically told the story of Saigon and the cultural history of Vietnam. The main reason for us going here ...

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    Near Miss, Saigon

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    ... many beautiful designer and boutique shops lining the road. We started our history lesson on the city and Vietnam by visiting the Ho Chi Minh museum before escaping the heat in a gorgeous restaurant for delicious Vietnamese lunch. Our afternoon was ...

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    Right in the middle of leaning, I had sensations.

    ... Straight shooter on red scooter Somewhat dodgy cunt which pretty much sums it up. He gave me a pretty comprehensive tour of Ho Chi Minh museums, temples and government buildings. Not incredible in any way, but I got the touristy bit of Vietnam out of ...

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    Rats or Pigeons? You Decide

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    ... War Remnants Museum where we learned some real information about the Vietnamese war, as opposed to what we encountered at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi. It was both interesting and frightening at the same time. A highlight was 'Requiem', an exhibit of ...

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    Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City???

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    ... then turned into a disaster when walking along the streets of Saigon, soo bloody hot, ofcourse we forgot water so all dehydrated, Ho Chi Minh museum was boring and finally when we could not stand the heat any longer, escaped into the Hard Rock cafe, sad ...

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    I love Saigon!

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    ... the next day so I really wanted to get in some sight-seeing.  We saw many historic buildings and also went to the Ho Chi Minh museum and the War Remenants Museum.  I had already braced myself for the War Museum as I had read about how ...

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    Saigon

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    ... prison that was located on the site complete with the guillotine used to carry out executions. I had my driver drop me at the Ho Chi Minh Museum, tipping him 10,000d. It was closed but I took a walk around the garden which has a pretty pond covered in ...

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    Don't Miss Saigon

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    ... against the Americans) for the next day. We saw lots of cool buildings: a replica of the Notre Dame, a municipal theatre, Ho Chi Minh museum and the Hotel d'ville. We visited the museum, which has many war exhibits including planes and helicopters, and ...

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    Ho Chi Minh Hangovers

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    ... good. Amazing to see what it must have been like 30 years ago when the front gates caved in. We also went to the Ho Chi Minh Museum and the Notre Dame Cathedral (closed) followed by finishing in a local bar with our drivers and caning as much local ...

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    Alpha Bravo Charlie Dissapointment

    ... old age not rocket explosion. What a Hero! He had a few hundred devout followers.  Speaking of Heroes, I went to the Ho Chi Minh museum the other day. It was great, he was an amazing man. Traveling in his youth he learned from Lennon, such concepts ...