Ngocthao Guesthouse Ho Chi Minh City

... and talking for about five minutes when all of a sudden I felt something touch my upper back, and a split-second later Jen's eyes widened in horror and she leapt up from her seat next to me, screaming, "Ohmygodohmygodohmygod!" pointing at me but failing to say what it was. It's rather awful when this reaction is provoked about something obviously on your person. I hurriedly said to her dad, "Whatever it is, just get it off!" He took a menu and whacked the offending thing. From ...

... how people lived by and on the water of the delta.<br><br>A really peaceful and picturesque part of the day was when we where rowed in a small boat along a narrow part of the river with mangroves growing either side. Sometimes the river narrowed enough for the tree tops to meet forming a tunnel for us to pass through.<br><br>We really enjoyed this trip.<br><br>2nd day<br>Time was spent on the internet booking onward travels, emails and updating this.<br><br>We also went to the ...

... Sylvie hat nur die Zeit gehabt, um ihre Tasche zu nehmen und ein letztes Bier zu trinken und dann Richtung Flughafen um ihren Flug zu nehmen.<br>Ich bin noch 2 Tage in Saigon geblieben und habe einige Tempel besucht, das Kriegmuseum (ein wenig hart) und vor allem einen Kochkurs besucht. Jetzt kann ich vietnamesische Kuche machen !<br>das Programm: Kambodscha<br><br>Hi everybody,<br>after the beach from Muine we arrived in Saigon and booked a 2 ...

We arrived in Ho Chi Minh at the ungodly hour of 4.10am and got to our hotel to find the rooms weren't ready as they were fully booked (we were warned this might happen).<br>So all 15 of us were using any available lounge, chair or seat to try and grab a few hours sleep in the hotel lobby until we could go grab brekkie at 7am.<br>It was going to be a long day!<br>At 8.30am we were picked up for our half day tour to the Cu Chi tunnels where the ...

... Chi Minh where the Mekong river empties into the sea. It contains a variety of small towns and cities and many tourists take a one, two or three day tour of the region, departing from HCM. Immediately after our arrival in the Mekong I met two girls from Chicago. They had recently graduated from law school and taken the bar exam and had decided to celebrate with a two week vacation to Thailand and Vietnam. They served as yet another example of American culture and our emphasis on work ...

... di riso e farcita con germogli di fagiolo e gamberi, che si mangia avvolgendola in una foglia di lattuga con menta. Questa e' stata la nostra ultima giornata a Saigon e in Vietnam. Domani mattina con un bus, passeremo il confine e ci sposteremo in Cambogia. Lasciamo un po' dispiaciuti questa terra, l'abbiamo attraversata da Nord a Sud . Con noi portiamo tanti bei momenti, tanti video, tantissime foto... GOOD BYE VIETNAM

... we stayed at the lovely Pooltrap bungalows... <br>That night we headed to a pool party next door... it was like a combination of an 18-30 holiday and the playboy mansion... wild! <br>The next day we headed to the beach... Had rin beach.... beautiful white sands and nice sea although a few mini jellyfish in there.... 'quiet' night at pooltrap that night (just me doing drunken yoga etc!) to save ourselves for the full moon party....<br><br>So the full moon party the next day there was about ...

... driving we were not too surprised. <br><br>We also visited the Cu Chi tunnels just outside Saigon - a network of over 250km of tunnels in the very small district of Cu Chi, that the Viet Con resistance guerrillas used during the war to spring surprise attacks on the US forces, as well as hiding from them. They were amazing - so basic, but so clever. They were full of awful bamboo traps, which caused the Americans to fall into pits with razor sharp bamboo sticks in. The tunnels ...

... photo. Needless to say, I didn't feel guilty because I had fun.] All kinds of wrong. A gay guy from Cambodia also chatted me up for a bit! <br><br>[Rich: A similar event happened to me. Whilst casually urinating in the men's toilets, a Vietnamese guy dressed in all white, styling a John Travolta 'Saturday Night Fever' look, walked over to me and started looking at my Dong! And I don't mean the Vietnamese currency in my pocket! He then followed me over to the wash basins and ...

... an evening of splurge (told you we like it), to celebrate. We headed to a French restaurant, Bibi Ba, recommended by a French friend (you're starting to get the picture) - and splurged out on 3 courses, including fillet steaks and cocktails. In the mood to splurge, we headed next round the corner to the Sheraton, and straight to the 23rd floor for some chilled out cocktails with some very impressive views of the city.<br><br>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx