Ho Chi Minh City Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

Even though Ho Chi Minh City is over twice the size of Hanoi, it's a little better, we're thinking. There are tons of street lights here, which helps regulate the traffic a bit more, though they still aren't on every corner, and not universally adhered to. If you're a motorbike carrying a new washing machine (yes, we've seen it), you're not goin...

Ho Chi Minh City was my next stop, formerly and more commonly known as Saigon which I'll be calling it from now on as it's less of a mouthful. We arrived at around 7pm after the final 6 hour leg of our open bus ticket tour, which incidentally cost just 25 dollars for 5 bus journeys from Hanoi to Saigon and a total of over 40 hours of travel. As...

Alex, Emily and I did indeed wake at 6:30am to head to McKenzie's dad's hotel before the tunnels. It was a family affair, as the three of us joined McKenzie, her dad and her brother in an hour and a half van ride out to the tunnels. The drive was probably the best part of the trip because of the sights along the way. The city slowly developed in...

January 3rd, 2007 - Finishing up in Ho Chi Minh City... Hanging around all day just to catch the 8pm bus didn't work out (thankfully i guess), so the new plan was to make the most of the day, see some sights and catch the 8am bus on the 4th to Mu Nei Beach. We checked out the Diamond Plaza, a big shopping mall, an expensive restaurant, a huge lo...

Just a quick update that I added a few pictures to my last entry as I ran out of time after I wrote it to upload all the pictures from last night. This morning was a pleasant one. It started with a private breakfast on the beach. The setup of the breakfast was quite nice. Notice the elephant was there to greet us! The hotel actually has two elep...

well quite a bit has happened since i last wrote. i went out on my last night with my friends in Seoul and they were good enough to drink all night with me and then put me on a bus and go to sleep. but it was a wonderful time when i was with them. when i got to the airport i was still a bit under the influence and i managed somehow to get onto t...

Coming from Phnom Penh, we were shepherded towards the border with Vietnam. The exit crossing on the Cambodian side was an indistinct box with windows (like a car park pay booth) with a rope to deter any would-be escapees. This led through no-man's land into a huge air-con, metal barriered official looking building. Welcome to Vietnam. The diffe...