Reunification Palace (Hoi Truong Thong Nhat) Ho Chi Minh City

106 Nguyen Du St, District 1 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam - Phone: 294117

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    Crazy traffic in Saigon...

    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 …

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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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    HCMC

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    The sleeper bus ride was really tiresome. We decided to try the sleeper bus since it was so much cheaper and a lot of backpackers said it was ok. We’d come from Hue to Hoi An in a 4 hours sleeper bus and it was fine, however all night inside it on those bumpy roads was a complete nightmare! We asked for the back seats of the bus because there …

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    The Americans in Saigon

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    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 …

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    Sobering Saigon

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    What can I say about Saigon? It's just as mental as Hanoi it's a high octane, motorbike fueled place but has a much more westernised feel about it. People here are a little nicer too, I think.

    The re-unification Palace is named a "war relic" on the sign outside and has supposedly been left exactly as it was when the tanks burst through …

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    Saigon...y los recuerdos de la guerra...

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    A sabiendas de la puntualidad de las horas de llegada de los buses en Vietnam, tomamos el más temprano desde Mui Ne hacia Ho Chi Minh o ex Saigón, pues no sabíamos con que caos de ciudad nos encontraríamos al llegar allí ni cuanto demoraríamos en encontrar el hostel que habíamos reservado junto a nuestros compañeros ingleses.

    Gran sorpresa …

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    The nadir of our trip.

    Haven't got much to say about Ho Chi Minh after what was the most stressful and unpleasant part of our trip. We arrived after a 5 hour boat trip from Phnom Penh down the Mekong and a 6 hour bus ride from Chau Doc to Saigon. The boat ride was great but the bus ride and subsequent 3 nights in Ho Chi Minh City where a regret.

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    Nep Tai Viet Nam

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    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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    Great site seeings in Saigon

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    this evening will consist of pulishing my latest blogs.....xxxx
    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 …

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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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    Day 75: Scooter Dodging

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    ... sightseeing stop of the day was fifteen minutes down the road, a monstrosity of 60's architecture known as the Reunification Palace, former headquarters of the South Vietnamese government. Wandering through its basement floor, a single hallway with ...

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    Tour of Duty Free

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    ... our mission ended in failure. There are no nice shops in Saigon. Mission three would take us to The Reunification Palace, Saigonís foremost building of historical significance. Sixties styling externally and throughout gave it an out of place feel ...

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    Strolling in Saigon

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    ... tours but with a plan in mind, we take to the streets of Saigon. After a lay in we're a little refreshed and visit the Reunification Palace. The building is grand, however reminds me a little of a civic centre on the inside. As tourists we are able to ...

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    Good Morning Vietnam!!!

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    ... background noise of million motorbikes cranked up to full.....goodbye tuk-tuks!  Our itinerary for Saigon was the Reunification Palace and the Remnants Museum. Our first stop, the Palace, was where the communist tank crashed the gate on ...

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    Vietnam Business Capital

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    ... cars DO NOT stop for any living thing.   We walked all around the main center stopping at the "Reunification Palace". Built in 1966 to serve as South Vietnam's Presidential Palace, it has been left just as it looked on that day in April 30, 1975 ...

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    Hello Saigon

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    ... three weeks ago. The city, though, certainly has a grasp of its history. After arriving in what is officially now called Ho Chi Minh City at 5 am, I found a hotel, relaxed for a little and headed to the War Remnants Museum. There was certainly a bias to ...

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    Lazy day coz it's Sunday!

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    ... in! When we did finally surface, we headed over to the park to have some lunch and then went over to the Independance (Reunification) Palace. This was quite interesting as this Palace is still used today but still has the decor from the 1970's! You are ...

  • 9

    It's called Saigon!

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    ... tin cans, this isn't worth it). On our second day we took ourselves round a few of the sights. Firstly, The Reunification Palace, where the first communist tanks crashed through the gates in 1975, the day Saigon surrendered. We saw the ...

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    Last Stop: Saigon

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    So, we were off on the open bus once again yesterday, travelling from Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). We left about an hour late, but this time, however, we also arrived at our destination over two hours late. The countryside became much ...