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The Heat is on

A travel blog entry by jlaire

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... point) it does also talk about american soldiers also affected by agent orange, and so feels more like a commentary on humanity, than exclusively Vietnam. We decide to try and make our own way, by foot, back to the hotel, and of course get very, very ...

Day one and already I'm breaking the rules

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... by the War Remnants Museum which was a little overwhelming, to be honest. I'm glad I went, I learned a lot about the American/Vietnam War, however, I will have those images burned into my brain for life. Oof. We drove around a lot, ...

Day 75: Scooter Dodging

A travel blog entry by sirrocko711

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... looking coffee houses surrounding this area, but�today's dinner would be had elsewhere. As I don't have my bootleg photocopied�Vietnam LP guidebook beside me, any attempt to remember this restaurant's�unpronounceable name will be futile, but this was ...

Easy Riding through Vietnam

A travel blog entry by lisa-ashley

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... handle your chickens due to the presence of bird flu. Hammer and Sickle signs line the streets that read " Vietnam is forever, Communism is forever." Ho Chi Minh's (or Uncle Ho, as he's referred to by the population) face is on each and every note ...

Saigon (for one night)

A travel blog entry by luolan

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We left a chilly, drizzly Hanoi on the 2nd and flew down to Ho Chi Minh City via Pacific Airlines. As some sort of Happy New Year promotion, the airline was giving out prizes to randomly picked passengers. Halfway through the flight I heard an ...

Tet celebrations, HCMC

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Happy New Year! The journey back to Vietnam was long, if uneventful. It felt like a homecoming of sorts. The second we crossed the border, I had to restrain myself from hugging the first lady I saw wearing a conical hat. Maybe I only had 2 dollars left in ...

Good Morning Vietnam!

A travel blog entry by lisa-ashley

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... "old man." Safe to say, I am thrilled we had different routes, and I am now sans James. Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City) is a bustling city with so many motorbikes and hardly any crosswalks. When I still thought James was a good guy, I made ...

S-S-S-S-Saigon

A travel blog entry by rachel_john

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We are now getting used to the Vietnamese minibuses which rudely drop us off at the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) but I still feel apprehensive knowing that we will have to continue our journey balancing precariously on the back of a motorcycle and ...

Good Morning Vietnam

A travel blog entry by emmaandemma

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... 't be for at least 5/6 weeks, so don't check BBC news all the time worrying about us, ok. When we got to Ho Chi Minh City, (lets call it Saigon, easier to spell), the bus dropped us right in the middle of backpacker land, how convenient! The ...

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

A travel blog entry by kimandrob

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... bus steps to a barrage of eager-eyed touts and an incredible wall of heat and humidity. Were we still in Vietnam? Having eventually found a hotel that was open and better still perhaps offering the opportunity of a bed (although trying to operate ...

Days 76-79: Twelve Saigon Memories

A travel blog entry by sirrocko711

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... in endless circles, never pausing for a breath (or allowing us a non-rude escape.) We chatted deeply about China, the US, relations between Vietnam and the US, Vietnam's (bad) history with China, etc... Then he looped around and started talking about it ...

Cu Chi Coup!

A travel blog entry by lizandsimon

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Wednesday 5th May We moved on to Saigon today. Now Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1975 but you wouldn't really know it as everyone still calls it Saigon. I will call it Saigon cause every one else does and writing Ho Chi Minh City all the time ...

So who won the war??

A travel blog entry by zee

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... won! We met some alcoholic Canadians- Jen, Charlotte and Jake- en route, who were taking full decadent capitalist advantage of Vietnam's newfound bourgeousie, and spent the rest of our time in Saigon exploring the bars and noodle houses with them. The ...

Capitalist Saigon...but isn't Vietnam communist?

A travel blog entry by globedecker

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... . A short flight brought us from the ultra-sedate and orderly Singapore to the vibrant chaos of Saigon (now officially known as "Ho Chi Minh City". Forget any preconceptions you may have, a lot has changed since the "American War" ended back in 1975. Tall ...

Good Mornin' Vietnam

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... back tomorrow (is it any wonder) and Rorie was determined to find a home brew beer shop. They have spent 2 weeks in Vietnam already so know the score. We found one, the give away was all the desperate backpackers outside sat on the ...

Miss Saigon

A travel blog entry by bowney

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... round in circless for bloody hours.....but our Patto resolved the situation by treating us all to doughnuts!! Ha ha ha!!! So we leave Vietnam, and am trying to sum the place up.....we I didn't love it as much as I'd thought. Everyone I know who has ever ...

Saigon Sightseeing

A travel blog entry by kally563

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Today I woke up about six feeling sick and we were going to go to a doctor after dinner but (thankfully) I got to feeling better. We did some laundry in the hotel tub this morning before heading out to find two motorbiek taxis (xe om) to take us to the ...

Tour of Duty Free

A travel blog entry by escapetherace

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... 'd seen this year. It was clear we were only just clinging to our sanity. 10/1 09:00 hours. 98 degrees. Saigon, Vietnam. Our first tour of duty around the battleground in temperatures and polution we�ve never before experienced in all our years ...

Sigon via Singapore

A travel blog entry by orizarska

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Yes, Bulgarians do need visa for Vietnam. Note to self - never make plans based on a phone conversation. For example, if the Vietnamese consulate in the UK tells you that you don't need a visa - get one any ways. Not a biggy. Almost any problem ...

Day 74: Rejecting Lady-Boom-Boom

A travel blog entry by sirrocko711

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... enough.) Option 3, the nuttiest option: Forgo Chiang Mai and instead continue even further east to the nearby Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh City/HCMC aka Saigon. A longer stay in Cambodia was out, and though it made the most sense logistically, neither ...

When Eric(a) eats a banana.......she becomes.....

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... fact from Wikipedia). Traditionally the people here have always been very poor however the fertility of this place makes Vietnam the second highest rice producing nation in the world and possibly the human growth capital as we have been told the ...

Ho Ho Ho

A travel blog entry by emanddave

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... . Only problem now is that I am carrying round the equivalent of a library-worth of travel books. So are actually leaving Vietnam tomorrow after a great couple of weeks here. Thoroughly recommend it if you are thinking of coming is a great mix of ...

Vietnam - HoChiMinh City

A travel blog entry by gonetilwhenever

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... the true horror of war and the effect it can have for generations after the fighting has ceased. Just south of Ho Chi Minh City is a district known as the Mekong Delta. It is the point at which the mighty Mekong River reaches the sea. The ...

I couldn't Miss Saigon

A travel blog entry by jeffs

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So, with Sarah well on her way back to blighty i continued my journey alone to Saigon. I endured a 10 hour bus journey, which apart from drinking with some locals en-route (always seems to happen to me) was uneventful. I arrived in Saigon in ...

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh and Mui Ne

A travel blog entry by ieeworldvoyage

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... items and cheap meals, one can also spend a lot, depending on where you are and what you eat and buy. Corinne 20 janvier Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh-ville et Mui Ne, pr�s de la plage) Dr�le comment vous pouvez passer une fronti�re et soudain les choses sont ...

We have arrived

A travel blog entry by adeleray

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... and her little sixteen year old niece who looked as hip as any of my New Yorker college students. I was actually surprised how modern Vietnam is now since I last visited in '98. The Vietnamese have progressed in such a short time. I dig Saigon and could ...

Miss (and Mr) Saigon....

A travel blog entry by grahamandrach

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... like 'where do we get the bus' where answered by the taxi's with 'oh, there are no buses', again we are learning about Vietnam fast... Our bus dropped us right in the centre of the cheap hotel district and we got a plush place with fridge and tv etc. ...

Ho Chi Minh City - where's my helmet?

A travel blog entry by naysay

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... English fairly well. They LOVE the US dollar! One-dollar bills in your pocket are a must-have. Our tour bus returns to Ho Chi Minh City and we're set loose among the 3-million people and all their motorcycles! Streets are a maze of traffic coming from ...

One Bird Flu Over The Cuckoos Nest

A travel blog entry by escapetherace

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... seen in all its digital flesh for some time, but we had an 8am flight (in Business Class we'll have you know) back to Ho Chi Minh City for four more days of seeing what more it could offer us. Once again a member of staff at the Thienh Thanh hotel had ...

Sights and Sounds in Saigon

A travel blog entry by you_know_zo

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... area. It was a really sad day all round, and the effects of those chemicals are still a very real problem for the people of Vietnam today. The next day it was time to say goodbye to Tibbs... Tom and I left him in bed (after jumping in and ...

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The Heat is on

Day one and already I'm breaking the rules

Day 75: Scooter Dodging

Easy Riding through Vietnam

Saigon (for one night)

Tet celebrations, HCMC

Good Morning Vietnam!

S-S-S-S-Saigon

Good Morning Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Days 76-79: Twelve Saigon Memories

Cu Chi Coup!

So who won the war??

Capitalist Saigon...but isn't Vietnam communist?

Good Mornin' Vietnam

Miss Saigon

Saigon Sightseeing

Tour of Duty Free

Sigon via Singapore

Day 74: Rejecting Lady-Boom-Boom

When Eric(a) eats a banana.......she becomes.....

Ho Ho Ho

Vietnam - HoChiMinh City

I couldn't Miss Saigon

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh and Mui Ne

We have arrived

Miss (and Mr) Saigon....

Ho Chi Minh City - where's my helmet?

One Bird Flu Over The Cuckoos Nest

Sights and Sounds in Saigon