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- Hanoi
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Top Hotels in Ho Chi Minh
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Morning Star Hotel Hanoi
46 reviews -
Riverside Hotel Saigon Ho Chi Minh City
147 reviews -
Sea and Sand Hotel Hoi An
40 reviews
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Hotel Chau Au Europa Dalat
28 reviews
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ATS Hotel Hanoi
28 reviews -
Nam Hai 1 Hotel Hanoi
41 reviews
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Lucky Eden Hotel Hanoi
10 reviews
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Hanoi Serenity Hotel
350 reviews -
Lac Vien Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
73 reviews
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Hanoi Phoenix Hotel
161 reviews
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Pastel Inn Saigon Ho Chi Minh City
7 reviews
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Hello Vietnam Hotel Hanoi
5 reviews
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Hoa Hong Hotel Hue
6 reviews
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Bamboo Green Harbourside Hotel Da Nang
6 reviews
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Golden Hotel Hanoi
66 reviews
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Hanoi Amazing hotel
133 reviews
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Thien Thanh Hotel Hoi An
435 reviews
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Bamboo Village Beach Resort & Spa Phan Thiet
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Hue Sports 1 Hotel
82 reviews
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Nhi Nhi Hotel Hoi An
316 reviews
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Thien Trung Hotel Hoi An
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La Dolce Vita Hotel Hanoi
60 reviews
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Golden Sun Legend Hanoi
320 reviews
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Dong Xanh Hotel Hoi An
226 reviews
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Sunny Hotel Hanoi
12 reviews
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Huong Sen Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
105 reviews
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Hanoi Cozy Hotel
58 reviews
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Hai Dang Hotel Hue
15 reviews
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Saigon Mini Hotel 7 Ho Chi Minh City
9 reviews
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Thanh Phat Hotel Hoi An
2 reviews
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Saigon Mini Hotel 5 Ho Chi Minh City
360 reviews
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Villa Hue
94 reviews
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Thanh Xuan (Long Life) Hotel Hoi An
343 reviews
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Hanoi Queen 2 Hotel
19 reviews
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Lucky Eden 2 Hotel Hanoi
2 reviews
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Hue Holiday Hotel
634 reviews
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Bodega Hotel Hanoi
84 reviews
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Hanoi Centre 1 Hotel
12 reviews
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Crystal Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
18 reviews
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Hong Ngoc 3 Hotel Hanoi
38 reviews
Ho Chi Minh
Travel Blogs from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
1 More night in Asia! (or so I thought...)
I made it across the border ok and back into Vietnam and back to the road where the backpackers stay in Ho Chi Minh. I was approached by a lady who owns a guesthouse so I went along with her and got a really nice room for $7 instead of the $15 that the ...
First weekend in the city!
... to experience, it was also very touristy (which I suppose shouldn't have surprised me seeing as its one of the most famous sites in Vietnam). We started in a thatched hut where a large map of the area, a cross-section of the tunnels and a short black and ...
Excuse Me, Your Roaches Are Beginning to Smell....
... ; It is remarkable how you get used to the poverty and bleakness and it starts to lose its edge. Seeing the vibrancy of Vietnam was a stark difference. Met a GH tout at the bus stop and he took the New Zealanders to the Hotel they had booked ...
Miss Saigon
Well....sadly we had to leave the lovely beach town of Nha Trang. During the last two days we went on a boat trip of some nearby island, and snorkeled around a bit. It was great to be in the water, although there was not much to see in the way of marine ...
Ben Thanh Market & Sozo
... . We saw SO MANY PEOPLE! It was incredible - words cannot do it justice. It seemed every Vietnamese person was out with a Vietnam flag on their motorbikes. We saw 60,000 people at least, and that's not even a good estimate, there was probably over a ...
Adventures and Misadventures in the deep south
... time to see more. So with tearful good-byes until later, Kimberly and Sabrina headed off to the beach and I left for Ho Chi Minh City (official name)/Saigon (as it is often referred to). Those are the answers to your trivia - 10 points if you ...
The Last Sunset
Well last night I watched my last sunset on Phu Quoc island. It was a beautiful end to an amazingly relaxing week. Unfortunately I had to depart before Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, which I was assured to be a grand production. The bungalows that ...
Saigon
... religion' fusing Budhism, Islam, Christianity, Confucism... and the end result is some crazy cult that has 2 million followers in South Vietnam. The cult worship a giant eye with a weird eyebrow in order to stop the cycle of reincarnation. Its hard not to ...
This one time... in 'NAM!!!
... beth again grabbed breakfast while i layed in bed. Then we grabbed a tuk tuk to the bus station and hopped on our bust to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. This was supposed to be a 10 hour bus ride... more on that later. We were AGAIN the only westerners on the ...
Banners, flags and dancing in the streets
... the locals in equal measure. We could only wonder what on earth they'd do if they won?! So, this was Saigon - officially Ho Chi Minh City but the rules on the use of Saigon are gradually becoming more relaxed and it's much more acceptable. Not as cute ...
The Adventure Begins
... , as well as the odd bus is passing within inches, both in front and behind you. And at the same time. All motorcycles in Vietnam are very small, mostly scooters, but still big enough to hurt or kill you. Here is link to a short video I took ...
War Museum
... and interesting but also very heavy and completely against Americans. There were some incredibly photographs of soldiers and citizens in Vietnam at that time. The museum also showed a clear picture of the atrocities of war as well. They had a whole ...
Following in the footsteps of Top Gear
... floating markets, albeit in the pouring rain that meant we all invested in some particularly fetching ponchos. It was then on to Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon to most of us) where we took in the harrowing and fascinating (if very one sided and propagandistic!) ...
might as well MISS saigon
... day. This surprised me a bit- especially since most motorbikes had at least 3 people on them... if not more. In Ho Chi Minh we visited the War Remnants Museum, Cu Chi Tunnels, and Mekong Delta. It was hard to walk through the War ...
Saigon and the Mekong Delta
... nbsp;It's all there. If you've got an alarm clock and a boat, you can find tons of fresh produce, meat, fish... Whatever your heart desires. We are seriously going to miss Vietnam. Cambodia has some very large shoes to fill. ...
Motorcycle Diaries
... to trust strangers. I ended up on a five day road trip that would take me from Dalat to Hoi An along part of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It was an amazing trip, such a break from the usual tourist herding that happens around Vietnam. Just me and my driver Luu ...
My last day in Ho Chi Minh
Panic over.. Plans have changed - i am going tomorrow! At least i can relax a bit now and pack properlyxx I'm still here!! Yep as the above says I didn’t leave. Why? Because they couldn’t fit me on the bus ;-) but I’m not ...
First (complicated) steps in Vietnam
... dois dire que cela n'a pas été la semaine la plus facile de notre séjour. Tout a commencé par notre trajet Cambodge-Ho Chi Minh Ville (Saigon). Nous avions 2 tickets de bus pour un trajet qui devait soi-disant durer 9 heures, nous avons fini par ...
Tunnel Vision and a mix-match religion
... all the best bits of each religion together to create a super-duper religion!!! The bulk of their followers are in South Vietnam. All their temples are extremely beautiful and ornate. We hopped back on the coach and stopped of for some lunch ...
Ho Chi Minh
... (formerly known as Saigon - both names are still used, and the southerners prefer 'Saigon', but we were told to use 'Ho Chi Minh' when talking to government officials....this is a communist country, so we were sure to follow the rules!) after an overnight ...
The heat is on in Saigon!
... underground war rooms (think Churchill bunker) and a helicopter on the roof. An interesting insight into the period of history when Vietnam was divided. Next on our to-do list was the War Remnants Museum - the book warned us of its propagandist overtones ...
ninh binh - written in ho city, still mum's bday!
... THE most happy ever to see us, and where we took a shower, packed up the last of our belongings, and waited with the rest for the next bus to hue! hurray! and so, tomorrow, or soon enough, i will get to hue and midway through our travels in vietnam! ...
Learning to cross the road...Vietnamese style!
... front! We spent the whole time gasping and shutting our eyes. It seems that the rule of the road in Vietnam is...there is no rules! Stopped off at a service station, completely embarrassed ourselves by ordering 2 coffee's and flooding ...
Tropic Thunder
Just north of Saigon is an area known as Cu Chi that gained notoriety during the Vietnam War. This place was not famous for any particular battles but because of what happened underground. Known as the Cu Chi Tunnels, Viet Cong forces created an ...
Stoerre, vildere, hoejere!
Med en 'sidtse-oejebliks'-forspoergsel til en haandfuld Couch Surfere i Ho Chi Minh City, var vi heldige at faa hurtigt svar fra een af dem. Hendes navn er Van, og hun er en ung vietnameser bosat i et vaeldigt fint hus i landets stoerste ...
Miss Saigon
Hello from Ho Chi Minh! Sunday was largely spent travelling from Hanoi to HCMC. Got up at 6am to get to the airport and then arrived in HCMC at around 1pm (with my luggage this time whoo!!). The volunteer dorms are only a 10 minute drive from the airport ...
Back in Nam....
... . They also were out of most alcohol and had no beer. We ended up having to call it a night. Day 4 Went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. They really love Ho Chi Minh in this country. Massive pictures of him everywhere and every souvenir has his face on it. ...
Scooter Town
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) or Saigon as it used to be known is a massive sprawling mess of a city which is home to five million scooters! It is reminiscent of Hanoi but bigger. It is a mix of tangled slum-like streets crammed with street cafe's, street nail ...
Saigon
... I have no idea. Everyone was crawling through as did I until I realised that I could crouch and shuffle along on my feet, Vietnam is the only country where it pays to be short. Final stop was to sample some local food it was some bizarre white ...