Intercontinental Asiana Saigon Ho Chi Minh City

... haggling over a scarf that I really did not want, and when I finally convinced them of this and turned around, one of them grumpily shoved me and the other whacked me over the head with the scarf! Thank goodness they didn't see it was a wooden box I was really going for, ouchy. <br>Next day I went to the War remnants museum, and sort of wish I hadn't, there are things I could have quite ...

... On the way, we stopped at a bank to exchange some more travellers cheques and it was another effort that required 30 minutes and Pierre had to sign a record number of papers to get $400 US.<br><br>Tomorrow, we'll spend the day tying up any loose ends then preparing to go to Cambodia. As good IBMers (or someone formerly known as an IBMer), we will do a lessons learned as we leave Wendy's native country. We'll report on the good, the bad and the downright, butt-ugly.

Hey<br><br>Well we finally dragged ourselves away from the beach in Cambodia and have made to jump into Vietnam. The coach left at 8:30 in the morning (although there was another at 7:30 that we just couldn't face getting up for). It was the usual affair with okish A/C and terrible Cambodian male solo karaoke thundering out of the speakers on loop. Nothing to report except numb bum and a strange guy at the back who decided to read out loud for a few hours ...

... of 10 million inhabitants (and 6 million scooters), and traffic is a total nightmare, much worse than anything we had ever seen: thousands of cars and scooters all ruthlessly pushing and shoving their way along. It seemed like we were constantly just an inch or two from a collision, and it was better not to watch, especially since there were no working seat belts in the taxi. <br><br>Upon check-in at the hotel we were upgraded to a deluxe river view room on the 9th ...

... there are still original tunnels remaining with tiny openings called spider holes where the soldiers disappeared into the ground before pulling a tiny camouflaged lid over the opening. i was let climb into one and it was no easy thing to do. the only way a person fits is with their arms extended straight above their head and the lid sitting on top of the hands, and man was it dark in there! there was an old battered tank in the jungle and myself and brid were only too ...

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... et al. I was in a market and of course you could see me for miles &#8211; only African and huge to boot in bright pink &#8211; rather difficult to miss. Anyway suddenly I had this group of ladies all chattering about me. I felt like Jack and the beanstalk &#8211; me being the giant hello!! (For those who have no cultural context of this it&#8217;s a children&#8217;s fairytale about a beanstalk, Jack and a giant &#8211; that&#8217;s the ...

You've got to admire the work ethic of the Vietnamese. That is, until it virtually drills and hammers its way into your hotel room at 7 in the morning. This, of course, was the pleasure of our £3.50 hotel room in bustling Ho Chi Minh City.<br><br>Having heard horror stories about the chaos in HCMC, I was fairly apprehensive about visiting, but pleasantly surprised. It&#8217;s a sprawling and complex city that marries the old with ...

... mission to learn something about it all. Done a huge amount of walking around on a couple of days. Not going anywhere in particular or clicking my camera every 5 minutes, but just walking around and observing people go about their business. Never seen so many people on scooters in all my life. Even have special little lanes for them all to somehow squeeze into. About 6 million people in HCMC and I've been reliably ...