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1 Le Quy Don Vung Tau, Vietnam, 64-3852-135

Pretty much everyone that we had talked to about Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) had warned us off the place saying that it's just like Hanoi only larger, crazier and with more traffic. So we weren't expecting all that much when we landed at Saigon's bustling Tan Son Nhut airport on a Friday night. Vietnam really needs to work on it's introductions, as once again our entry to this new city seemed to set us up to dislike the place right from the start. As soon as our taxi driver lurched away from the...
Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), Vietnam batchelomezI trust everyone had a good Easter and belated Happy Easter. Hard to believe it came and went. Signed up for a City Tour with Sinh Travel in Saigon, the same company I used in Hanoi to go to Sapa and to Halong Bay. I and a couple from Aust. staying in MC 184 Guesthouse, who were going on a trip to Cu Chi underground tunnels. got picked up on schedule at 8 a.m. and got onto a big aircon bus. Drove around and picked up others and then I changed to a small van to join others on the city tour whi...
Saigon, Vietnam lecklund
... wherever they please. we all got into a heated debate about life after death that lasted for about 3 hours, i may or may not have thrown around the term ignorant a few times...<br><br>After a few cans a few of us lads decided to join what look like a group of christians playing some team building games, they were more then accomodating, letting a few ****** blokes join...after knocking out a few 10 year olds while racing to get the ...
Vung Tau, Vietnam wilkdogs... at 8h30 for our 2h30 drive to the Adotion office or something in Vung Tau to sign the papers. Yes, once again we left late. The ride was fun because everyone was happy and looking forward to this event that will only last 10mn for each family. We were all dressed up and were afraid that one of the kids would throw ...
Vung Tau, Vietnam lyamsjourney... small towns and got to wave at many children yelling and screaming "hello" as we went though their home towns. We decided to stay in Ho Coc beach, a town just before the hot springs. We stayed in an Eco friendly resort. Our room was basically a little bamboo hut on the beach. You could see the sandy beach below the floorboards. The ocean was about 4 steps away. Needless to say we had to use our ...
Vung Tau, Vietnam bck... many traffic circles and city parks. In general, Saigon was a much hipper place than I expected Vietnam to offer. Although Vietnam is Communist, it has got a lot more spunk than fellow commie China. Pho could be considered the national dish in Vietnam. Traditionally it's a hearty soup of noodles, vegetables and beef. Pho can be had for 60 cents USD from street vendors or around $1.50 for a bowl served in the air conditioned comfort of a small restaurant ...
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam bcc8... vehicles whiz past them. I was thinking what it would be like to be driving a motorcycle with your daughter in your lap and realizing that one day, some day you are going to entrust her with a boy who right now is five, six, seven years old to drive her around through that traffic and get her home safe. Of course, he'll learn before then, but I don't know how I could ever feel comfortable driving in Saigon, let alone feel prepared enough to teach someone ...
Saigon, Vietnam hayesbk... watching but it can be a bit much with all of the Vietnamese people constantly trying to sell you stuff you dont want. My friend Rebecca and I found a house to live in. It is a 5 minute walk to school which is great. The house is huge. It has 6 bedrooms for rent, each with its own bathroom. A shared kitchen and common area and a rooftop patio. It is really echoy and we have been able to hear everything that goes on in other rooms so its not at all private. We ...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam xerica13... of him standing in his cabin - two middle fingers pointed at us as we all got off the ship.  We went straight to the biggest market in Vietnam Benh Thiet Market and the boys went to the tailor to start having their suits made. The market was interesting, no different really from the swap meet in Hawai'i at the Aloha stadium only Benh Thiet was actually in a big building, which I think made it all worse because of the heat and the number of people and little stalls that ...
Ho Chi Min, Vietnam spkennedy808... I were taken on a tour of the factory, where they specialized in metal frames and decorative pieces. See pictures above for a description of the process. After another hour in the Van, we were deposited at Pottery Craft, were we were shown through an enormous warehouse of pottery. It was staggering in size. An owner of the company, George, a young Bulgarian "refugee" showed us around while entertaining us with ridiculous stories about his wild days in Cypress ...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam jazzkat6
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