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In Memoriam: The Saigon Cafe
A Travel Blog by mulqueen
... as by a good tavern or inn" (Dr Johnson) "Man is in love and loves what vanishes, What more is there to say?" (W.B.Yeats) The Saigon Café, at the junction of Pham Ngu Lao and De Tham Streets, is no more. Its reign - as the best bar-cum- ...
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Miss Saigon
A Travel Blog entry by lisaludwig from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam
... new pairs. Erin and I arrived during the early afternoon on the 16th and decided to start off at the Grand Hotel, a beautiful 4 star hotel, which unfortunately was a little out of our price range. From there, we decided to check ourselves into the ...
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Saigon and the Mekong Delta
A Travel Blog entry by adeleray from Saigon and Vinh Long, Vietnam
... practice. Uncle Phan was in charge of arranging the visits to my great grandmother's grave on my grandfather's side just outside of Saigon and my great grandparent's graves in Vinh Long. Uncle Phan, who is a distant cousin of my mother on her mother's ...
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Down a dark hole in Saigon
A Travel Blog entry by shelleandtom from Saigon, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
... On our last night with Aunt Helen we got tickets for a performance by the Vietnamese National Orchestra at the Saigon Opera House. It was a very grand affair, televised by the national TV channel, and we were filmed as we arrived to the grand opera house ...
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Saigon
A Travel Blog entry by philnshell from Saigon, Vietnam
... the sun once and a while), as I soaked up our last hours in Mui ne. We had a quick shower at our hotel, and then met the bus to Saigon at the T.M. brothers bus station. The bus ride was as annoying as usual, making local stops and honking the ...
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Saigon
A Travel Blog entry by davidsmi from Saigon, Vietnam
... down the red carpet. Above all the heads I saw a "DAVID SMITH" sign. Our driver took us to our hotel which is in downtown Saigon. The roads are filled with motorcycles, mopeds, bicycles and a few cars. Driving here is like playing football. ...
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"Saigon. Shit I'm still in Saigon"
A Travel Blog entry by conorpj from Saigon, Vietnam
... a theme in Saigon. Me, Andrew, Gareth, Julie (who we'd met during our brief stay in Dalat), Link and her friend (local Saigon girls) spent quite a few evenings at tables crammed full of Saigon Beer. It was just by chance one evening that I got talking ...
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HCMC (Saigon) Vietnam
A Travel Blog entry by marcmsm from HCMC (Saigon, Vietnam
... slimy like i would have expected to be but it was so feckin heavy. But it didnt bite me so that was grand. So geting back then to Saigon we took another cruise boat all the way up the Saigon river. The river is quite wide and deep so massive container ...
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Saigon and activities
A Travel Blog entry by epdevries from Saigon, Vietnam
... place is really called Ho Chi Minh City and is divided into about 23 districts. District 1, where we are staying, is called Saigon. We got a hotel for 14 USD dropped our bags and showered. Nice enough place, better than that piece of crap we stayed in ...
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Saigon City Tour
A Travel Blog entry by wendyworld from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
... one of the sachets. If only life were like a holiday in a five-star hotel all the time. TRAVEL NOTES Renassance Riverside Hotel Saigon 8-15 Ton Duc Thang, District 1 www.renaissance-saigon.com Notre Dame Cathedral 1 Cong Xa Paris Square, District 1. ...
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Saigon
A Travel Blog entry by kstubbs97 from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
... famous for its shopping and restaurants. Graeme Green stayed here when he was writing The Quiet American and apparently they used the Grand Hotel just up the street as the location for Michael Caine's apartment in the film adaption of the book. The first ...
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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
A Travel Blog entry by danharriet from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
... of the city. Stores turn from small businesses to larger design stores of world renowned brands of clothing. We are here for lunch at the Grand Hotel. As it name implies it is a grand hotel located in the heart of the city. Here we are given a fantastic ...
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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
A Travel Blog entry by ldanroy from Ho Chi Minh City, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
... of the city. Stores turn from small businesses to larger design stores of world renowned brands of clothing. We are here for lunch at the Grand Hotel. As it name implies it is a grand hotel located in the heart of the city. Here we are given a fantastic ...
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Saigon and the Splurge
A Travel Blog entry by nickandsam88 from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
... ;only really stopping for some drinks and to visit the Museum of Ho Chi Minh City. We also stopped off at the very grand Hotel de Ville - an old French palacial hotel that's now used by the local council, the Saigon Theatre, the unsuprisingly ...
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Visiting Uncle Ho
A Travel Blog entry by alexandluke from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
... to a recommendation from Luke's Aunty and then funding from his parents, Luke and I had one night of luxury at the Grand Hotel Saigon. We totally didn't belong there in our grubby clothes but it was amazinggg. We had a SUITE with separate LOUNGE and ...
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Ho Chi Minh city - day two
A Travel Blog entry by mayfarers from Saigon, Vietnam
... with every meal we have. We (all together now) get back on the bus and drive to our appointment with the National Theatre of Saigon. We are ushered into a room with a long oval table and chairs. There are also bottles of water and plates of fresh fruit ...
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Platz 1 in Punkto Romantik
A Travel Blog entry by miss-saigon from Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States
... uns im Supermarkt um die Ecke einen Raumspray, dann ging's gut. Dann machten wir uns auf zum Grand Canyon, der nur ein paar Kilometer von unserem Hotel entfernt war. Wir parkten unser Auto beim Besucherzentrum und beschlossen, als erstes den "Mather ...
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A Very 'Nigerian Pimp' New Year
A Travel Blog entry by dogeleven from Saigon, Vietnam
... , two "waitresses" cornered us into a table. Jon quickly slid away from his overly painted and under-dressed beverage hocker with a "Saigon Green Label, please" and a leap from his seat. I didn't have enough energy for such sly manouvering. My girl, who ...
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Sept 5-9
A Travel Blog entry by boogaloo from Saigon, Vietnam
... them later. That night was the same again this time pushing the boat out until 7am for myself. Not a lot of sleep yet in Saigon! Next day was a rest day of course. Oh yeah I forgot to tell you about the booksellers here. You're sitting down waiting ...
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Cambodia - With Imaginative Traveller
A Travel Blog entry by ad_n_caz from Saigon (Ho Chi Minger City), Vietnam
... , though there are lots of other buildings in the area open to visitors in various states of construction. Sadly these included our hotel, which had joined much of Siem Reap in deciding it had an urgent need for more concrete. Unfortunately it needed so ...
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Grand Hotel Saigon Ho Chi Minh City
8 Dong Khoi St Dist 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
... massage at this hotel, far better to go to one of th massage places just up from the hotel. Building works warning at Grand hotel from airmiles1 We are just back from vietnam and stayed at the Grand for 3 nights. The hotel is in a good ...
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