Thanh Thao Hotel Ho Chi Minh City

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... br>There are also homeless people &#8211; which we haven't seen a lot of in<br>Vietnam. <br><br><br>Perhaps as a result of the economic boom in HCMC people<br>have come looking for work and maybe not finding it and not having a<br>support system they end up alone on the sidewalks or in the parks. <br>In the rural areas of Vietnam and in the cities we have seen poverty<br>&#8211; but there seemed to be a family support system there and no one ...

... 3 or 5 are forced to stay there for days. <br>The rest of the day we spend at the main market, Benh Tanh market, just walking about and picking up a few things before catching an early night as we leave early tomorrow morning. We also try and get to a post office to send a parcel home, rushing across town (I regretted wearing flip flops for that..) to find a dark building even though the books said It wasn't closing for another hour...typical..<br><br>

... booby traps they showed us were horrendous mostly spikes and badger like traps which they placed in fake tunnels for the Americans, they also coated the traps in Cobra venom to finish the job. Mei also fired an AK47 probably with real bullets, but I chickened out, the guns were huge and they were so loud it hurt my ears, so I ate an ice cream instead! In the evening we hit a few bars and went to a club in Saigon and didn't get home until 3.<br><br>25th August<br>Didn't get up too ...

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... approached us indicating he had seen us many times over the last few hours and insisted we came in, used the facilities and spent a couple of hours sleeping on sofas in the lobby. The following day, we were woken early by the guard, offering us free breakfast and wishing us luck for the rest of our journey.<br><br>Unfortunately, due to the lack of beds we had little choice but to leave Quy Nhon and caught the first bus to the beach resort of Nha Trang. The guide ...

... the children and street girls who were very good at pickpocketing. literally, not 5 seconds after I pointed this sign out to Kelly did I have a little kid feeling my pockets and then claiming to want to sell me chicklets. <br><br>Anyway, we sat there drinking Saigon beer and watching the street vendors sell dried jellyfish until 3am. Now, off to bed after a full 32 hours since my last good sleep.

... was required on this occasion. 80,000 VND got us there from Pham Ngu Lao street with a Malinh taxi. Another 90,000 VND each to get us into the park. For some strange reason we had to get changed near the entrance but were not allowed to us the lockers. It seemed a small area, up two flights of stairs, has been designated a foreigner zone. Strange. Our valuables were locked away and the key stored in our waterproof case. There was nothing left to do, but hit the slides ...

... Italian food as we're both getting sick &amp; tired of rice &amp; noodles after 30 odd days! <br><br>Katie LOVED her salmon pasta and my pizza was good apart from them totally screwing up my order. There was even an actual Italian guy in there taking orders, which was a pleasant surprise. <br><br>We both already definitely prefer HCMC to Hanoi, it seems a lot more sophisticated, a lot less manic, with a wider choice of food &amp; drink ...