Notre Dame Cathedral Ho Chi Minh City

After sleeping a little longer and a nice breakfast (baguette, omelette, banana and tea) I ventured out to explore HCMC in more detail. I decided to walk to get to know the city and know my way around which is simply impossible if you get taken around by any wehicle. Oh btw, they don't have the usual tuc tuc's in Saigon, they only have cyclos (well …

A short flight from Australia and I was in Vietnam, not just a different country but seemingly a different world and different sort of a existence.
Vietnamese Immigration presented some immediate problems, regarding my VISA.
I was left at the back of a very long queue, awaiting Asian acceptance. The process is needlessly long and drawn-out …

Sunday, July 10
Chris and I booked a city tour of Ho Chi Minh City through our hotel for $9 each. The tour bus/van was supposed to pick us up in front of our hotel at 8:30. At 9:00 a guy working for the tour company shows up and tells us to follow him. We walk several blocks in the heat, then he pays a driver on a motorcycle to take Chris and …

Touched down Tan Son Nhat Airport at 1am Ho Chi Minh time (GMT+7). Our hotel's airport pick-up service was already there when we got out of the terminal. Surprisingly, we did not fill out any arrival card and our luggage weren't checked at the airport.

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) proper is only 15minutes away from the airport at that time of …

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Afternoon peepers..

I really do feel like a news lady sometimes.. It is now 5.30pm and I am sat back in the Huongvy Restaurant after my site seeing tour.

I was up bright and early today and even managed to have breakfast at a reasonable time (which was PHO …

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! ( …

Hi All,

Had a fantastic day today, even after a terrible nights sleep!! Having a bit of trouble adjusting to the time difference.

Got up early, had breakfast at the hotel, then went for second breakfast at Pho 24.

We tried to do the Lonely Planet guide walking tour, EPIC FAIL!! We ended up being stalked by a cyclo …

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We left our hotel at 8:00am; to make our way to the Ancient Town of Hoi An, about 10 000 people live in the Ancient town. In the 16^th and 17^th centuries, Hoi An was the International trading centre in Southern Vietnam. Foreign merchant ships came to Hoi An in great numbers, for annual commercial fairs that …

Þar sem við vorum í frekar mikilli tímaþröng með Vietnam og Cambodiu tók köfunarbrjálæðið af okkur tíma sem var planaður fyrir Saigon og umhverfi. Planið hafði verið að skoða Neðanjarðar stríðsgöng og svæði sem kallast Mekong Delta sem á víst að vera æði, við vorum meira segja búin að finna ferðaskrifstofu sem bauð upp á heimagistingar hjá innfæ …

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 …

... 's place in Vietnamese history rather than marvel at its beauty. Hot and rather sweaty (sorry Kim!), we wandered to the Notre Dame Cathedral and on to the central market for another delightful nasal experience. Nothing like a bit of dried fish in 30+ ...

... war and 4 million injured. We headed back to our Pedalos and were cycled round Saigon taking in a huge Pagoda and the Notre Dame cathedral which is a miniature of the French version. By 1pm we were pretty much done so we got dropped back at our ...

... . A little bit plain, but another tourist bit ticked off the list - Palace - done. Onwards from here we popped in to Notre Dame cathedral but the place was closed (it would open again at 3pm for visitors), so we planned to come back and visit on our way ...

... , but without the character of the old city) taking in the soviet-style Independence palace, the neo-Romanesque Notre Dame Cathedral, the beautiful central post office and national museum, alongside the ultra-modern shopping malls, designer and luxury ...

... . It's definitely worth a visit, but there is some gruesome revelations 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 is actually a Notre Dame in HCMC. This must have come from ...

... We walked for what seemed like ages to the post office and took in the sights along the way.  We saw Notre Dame cathedral (I thought that was in France) and then the post office, which as post offices go, was very nice.  Erm, and ...

We arrive into Ho Chi Minh City (formally known as Saigon) just as Vietnam have pummelled Brunei 8-0 at football in the South East Asia Games - our taxi driver politely informs us that the journey might take longer than usual due to the busyness of the ...

... 's drawings depicting peace. A striking contrast we thought. We wandered on to the old Post Office and the cool looking Notre Dame Cathedral, picking up some lunch on the way at KFC. No bird flu there according to the guarantee notice, but we did ...

... and a half walking a circuit from Pham Ngu Lao (backpacker district), past the Ben Thanh market, French Hotel De Ville, Notre Dame cathedral, the park with the trees painted white at the bottom, and Reunification Palace, where I knew I would find an ice ...

... on you back. Go2. The only sight I saw The main sights to see in the city include the Reunification Palace, the neo-Romanesque Notre Dame Cathedral, Ben Thanh market and the harrowing War Remnants Museum. I'm not quite sure what happened but ...