Ho Chi Minh City Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

If Bangkok was crazy then Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is bonkers. Crossing the road is a life or death gamble as the sea of crazy bikes bounce off one another and dash around you in a blur, and the cars slam their horns at you before darting past. Still, we have gotten used to it whilst in Vietnam and thankfully we are still alive to continue this...

stayed in nha trang for a few more days, turns out we paiud heaps for our hotel cos it was still the holiday of the chinese new year, so we checked out and moved somewhere cheaper, went to some serious mud baths, paid for one thing, mud baths, then snuck into the hydro jet water hose, the mineral baths, swimming pools, jaccuzzi, and waterfalls. ...

Well, Well, Well, where do I start... We finally made it to Vietnam at 3:40am Feb 1st (Vietnam Time) but the adventure started long before this. Friday Night my mom dad and I made our way to my Aunt Kendra's house in Chicago-land to be close to O'Hare. I was happy to have Portillos as my last American Dinner and spend my last night all calm and ...

After flying via bangkok to singapore where i spent the next few days alternating between furiously cradling my passport (i lost the last one there) and looking at my watch (unless you've come to shop, or like spending huges amounts of dollars for your basic needs singapore will bore the pants off you). Sorry singapore - there are actually a few...

Started Christmas Day with a trip to church, a copy of the Notre Dame Cathedral but in red brick. Rather than the usual Christmas carols today was devoted to curing the sick and infirm, so we wandered amongst the damaged and bewildered, fitting in nicely. This was followed by a sombre visit to the War Remnants Museum. This is dedicated t...

It was my last day in Vietnam. Mark, Wendy, Nicolas, Lynne and I were going to meet up in the central market for a quickie breakfast of Banh Mi and noodles. The cart near the well is THE best I've had ever with nothing even coming close in the states.

Danang is the closest airport to Hoi An. It was a 30 minute ride in from Hoi An and best...

The noise pollution flying into HCMC was very low. The lights on the houses outside of town were very dim and most looked like they just had some main light, not the typical light explosions you'd see in most suburbs in Western countries! Our driver was waiting for us with a sign showing our name on it. It was a 30-minute ride to our hotel. Even...

Our day started with a frightening thrill ride through traffic. We decided to take a bike-rickshaw (or bike-shaw) to the Bin Tranh market this morning. We negotiated a deal of 10,000 VND (less than $1) for each of us and hopped in the seat set in front of the bike. It was monday morning during rush hour and the traffic was horrendous!!! It was a...

I might have changed my mind about this blog, it seems a waste of time to do it at the moment when I have another blog at www.amasc.blogspot.com which fulfills all my requirements and lets me put in bigger pictures. I already have entries for HCMC, Nha Trang, Phnom Penh, Angkor Wat, Siem Reip, Vientiane, Singapore, Edinburgh, Pisa and various ot...

We are looking to leave Ho Chi Minh but need US Dollar to pay for the hotel and our coach trip to Phnom Penh. We decide to head to HSBC to withdraw USD from our accounts. We spoke to one of the staff members from the helpdesk who said we could change Dong to Dollar if we first drew out the Dong. So we withdrew 8,000,000 Dong from the ATM's and w...