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Ho Chi Minh City Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta
This is a top pick! After hearing many bad impressions of Ho Chi Minh we were pleasantly suprised. The traffic is a lot more organised than elsewhere in Viet Nam, although there is still the head aching pollution, and they have even installed traffic lights at a lot of ...
Couldn't Wipe the Smile off His Face
This is a top pick! With Rick's birthday present in hand we headed off to the Cu Chi Tunnels outside of Ho Chi Minh City. These tunnels differ from those we visited in Hue (the Vinh Moc Tunnels) as at Cu Chi their sole purpose was guerilla warfare. The tunnels at Vinh Moc ...
Just drawn a million out the bank!!
This is a top pick! Up early again to get the 7am bus to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Really have enjoyed our time in Cambodia. Siem Reap was fantastic and the chilling out at Sihanoukville was great as well. There is certainly that feeling of wanting to come back one ...
Vietnam, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) - "Same Same"
This is a top pick! Vietnam, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) - "Same Same" Arrived early afternoon into Saigon, or Ho Chi Minh City as it is now known, and our first task was to find a hotel as from here onwards we haven't booked any accommodation..... Using the faithful ...
War Questions Remain Unanswered....
This is a top pick! We had only 24 hours in Ho Chi Ming City (formerly Saigon) and made the best of it by taking an organized tour to the Cu Chi tunnels of the Viet Cong a couple of hours north of the city ,then coming back to the city to go to the War Remnants Museum. ...
Andrew watches his Dong in Apocalypse Now!
This is a top pick! ... older Cumbrian man collared me and told me it was down the street. Unfortunately that bar was called Good morning Vietnam (he was getting a little confused with his films). We eventually found someone to point us in the right direction and ...
Happy New Year
This is a top pick! ... infilatrate the American & South Vietnamese stronghold in Saigon and eventually win the war). The war museum looks at the American-Vietnam war from an interesting perspective. Despite all the anti-American propaganda, it takes a view of the war through ...
Saigon? Ho Chi Minh City? HCMC? Argh...
This is a top pick! ... Hunter, and Good Morning Vietnam. My knowledge of Vietnam was a list of names like Saigon, Khun San, Danang, Hanoi and the Ho Chi Minh Trail. My Vietnamese vocabulary consisted of"Didi Mao!" "GI! GI!", and "Me love you long time." My knowledge of ...
Miss Saigon
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Cyclos in Saigon
This is a top pick! The Lonely Planet states that you should smile when entering Vietnam. Don't cause any hassle. We did this, and even though there was a hold-up for around 5 minutes, we went straight through and picked up our bags. We ran into an American who owned ...
Water Park & Meet the Group
This is a top pick! ... of the bar said we were really loud which was good for his business, so he brought us some free shots!! All is good in Vietnam!! As my legs started to get a little bit rubbery we headed back to the hotel ready for our trip[ to the Mekong Delta ...
15 Vietnamese boys and 1 hairy American
This is a top pick! ... and lively city to spend two weeks. After reading the "Dangers and Annoyances" section of Lonely Planet Vietnam, Jill expected Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to be teeming with pickpockets, annoying vendors, and streetkids. This turned out to be not true. In ...
Only thing Vietnam is good for - cheap CDs!
This is a top pick! Tuesday 7th October... Realised yesterday that although we've been in Saigon for a couple of days now, we haven't actually seen anything as we've been spending too much time shopping! There's a massive market in copied CDs and DVDs here and they're ...
Get me out of here!
This is a top pick! ... with me. Being the star of the show, I didn't want to turn away my fans... so I obliged. Lastly, in regards to Ho Chi Minh City, I've never seen so much traffic on one street in my life. Absolutely unbelievable. It felt like I was playing a live ...
Not such a Good Morning, Vietnam
This is a top pick! ... public bus (with many other foreigners), we set out from the heart of Phnom Penh. Destination: Ho Chi Minh City The drive from P.P. to the Cambodia-Vietnam border was nothing special. Really pretty much the same as the rest of Cambodia. However, ...
Closing Entry for Vietnam
This is a top pick! ... terms of going back, I would prioritise returning to Saigon, and maybe Hanoi (for the tailoring). The cheap prices make Vietnam a real bargain... but the tourist industry is nowhere as developed as Thailand. So that's Vietnam... I feel as though ...
M-E-N-T-A-L
This is a top pick! ... of course, though after riding through the psycho-charged kamikaze-arsed traffic for almost an hour to get to the other side of the city to find our bed, the word 'mental' can't be stressed enough. M-E-N-T-A-L. But boy has it made an impression. This ...
Western Saloon Karaoke and more...
This is a top pick! After our final group dinner a few of us went out to a local Aussie Bar for drinks and hopefully pool. Our expectations were high after our great experiences and choices in Siem Reap. The rugby match was on and the bar was transfixed on all the ...
Saigon sojourn and the mighty Mekong
This is a top pick! ... economy with a growing GDP is not going to threaten the West. And it’s good for business. So, perhaps Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is a metropolis going places as the guide book states. Foreign investment and local entrepreneurism has combined to give ...
Vietnam, my homeland
This is a top pick! ... so timid. I just missed the Vietnamese New Year, but hopefully it will still be fun! This is my third time back to Vietnam and still I don't think I know much about my homeland. I'm trying to brush up on my Vietnamese by listening to the Little Saigon ...
To Saigon
This is a top pick! ... but we were hassled constantly! 16 times in the hour we were there! Not helping me change my initial view of the city. I had had enough of Vietnam so we went to our guesthouse and got a few things sorted. Tour for tomorrow, Cambodian visa and bus ...
End of Tour
This is a top pick! ... , for example, listening to western humour on the bus made it a bit strange that we were actually travelling through Vietnam... I prefer travelling on local transport with local people to make the experience so much more authentic. One of the major ...
Crazy Saigon! Too many scooters!
This is a top pick! ... …..I have mixed feelings of Vietnam. It was probably my least favorite place to visit. Maybe it was just Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). It probably didn’t help that I was starting to get the flu, so I was feeling the body aches ...
Farewell Saigon
This is a top pick! ... . Played some pool, drank beer and hung out with some locals and some foreigners. Briefly met an Aussie who fought in the Vietnam War and now returns frequently to enjoy the country. Hard to imagine how different it must be now. He was really amazing, ...
Saigon
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Vietnam in our entry from Vientiane, Laos Peoples Dem Rep entitled 'Touring Vietnam with the Irish and Rum!'. Cheers, K & ...
Muddy Water Mekong / Motorbike city
This is a top pick! ... worse. Over the 3 weeks I travelled in Thailand and Cambodia, I never saw a single accident. In my first 4 hours in Vietnam, I saw two accidents. (OUR bus hit someone on a bicycle). The Vietnames are definitely shit drivers. Just pray and use the ...