Metropole ho Chi Minh

... known was the capital of the Republic of Vietnam from 1956 until 1975 when it fell to the North Vietnamese forces, it was renamed Ho Chi Minh City by the Hanoi government. The city is progressing at a rapid rate and is really a fantastic place to be. ...

... ins alte Leben zurueckzukehren, andererseits geht eine tolle Zeit zu Ende. Diese letzten Tage der Reise verbringe ich in Ho Chi Minh City, einer wirklich tollen Stadt. In dieser 7 Mio Einwohner Metropole laeuft immer etwas. Vorallem auf der Strasse. ...

... prévu initialement. Entretemps, nous profitons de notre temps ensemble dans notre cocoon et de la très excitante ville de Ho Chi Minh Ville Ho Chi Minh Ville est la plus grande ville du Vietnam et en est aussi la métropole économique du pays. Très ...

... took her picture - see the one of the lady giving us the thumbs up!  So the journey took about 6 hours to get to Ho Chi Minh.  The border crossing was a bit different to normal where the bus attendant seemed to do all the work for us - happy ...

Hey to All Today12.00pm Vietnam time- 3pm aussie time. We finally arrived safely in Vietnam at 11.30pm Saturday night( Aussie time) which meant we were travelling since 9.30am. Wow were we tired when we arrived at the hotel cause it ...

... really had to cram everything in to get it all done in the little less than three weeks they had.  They were flying into Ho Chi Minh City, so Konrad and I planned to fly down and meet them there a few days after we finished work at Apollo. We had ...

After a very early morning flight away from our confined room in Kowloon to Ho Chi Minh City (saigon), we were more than a little scared about what our next hotel would be like. After a insane taxi ride from HCMC airport, where i think i saw all of the 4 ...

... gestoert, die dort ueberall rumballern. Echt cool! Nach den entspannten Tagen ging es mit dem Bus nach Ho Chi Minh Stadt (Saigon), der Metropole im Sueden Vietnams. Generell gibt es hier nicht besonders viel zu sehen. Einen strange anmutenden Palast, der ...

... Vietnam is pretty cool I think. We are then taken into a small boardroom type room, complete with enormous picture of Ho Chi Minh, and a stern looking official who looks at us pretty strangely. We are 6 completely filthy westeners at a border control ...

... late night. Saigon Day two Mostly sunny 35 degrees Up and downstairs for breakfast just before nine, the plan was to go to the Cu Chi tunnels, it's at least a three hour round trip and well over $100 so looks as though well give it a miss, bit of a ...

... of the best bits in to this last bit before we get on a plane to London in three hours.  Staying at the legendary Metropole in Hanoi and having a birds eye view of the '1000 Years of Hanoi' street party, eating street food and drinking beer ...

Depart de mui ne apres dinner. Le bus vers saigon prend environs sept heures donc j arrive dans la metropole vers 19 hr. Je rejoins mon ami qui a fait la route en moto et nous nous promenons un peu. Le matin suivant je ne me sens pas tres bien et ...

... -by cycles... but at some point you actually get used to it! There is a lot to see and to do in this metropole - the big post office, Notre Dame, museums, palaces, parks... countless cafes, bars, streetrestaurants where you sit on little stools right next ...

... und Wassermelone. Traumhaft! Mit dem Tuk Tuk und Skytrain (überirdische Metro) ging es auf Erkundungstour durch die thailändische Metropole. Vor allem die Tuk Tuk-Fahrt bereitete uns ein Mordsgaudi. Am Abend besuchten wir noch einen Nachtmarkt und ...

We flew back today at 5pm, grabbed a taxi (no probs phew as you can get rip off ones). Nice hotel, got a bargain on Expedia.view from windows is just an alley but hey we finally have a 4* hotel lol complete with huge cockroaches! I know I am in the ...

... off between 1958 and 1969 (the year of his death). The Vietnamese revere the house and believe it symbolizes Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of simplicity, modesty, gentleness and dedication to the nation and the people. (I guess the Vietnamese disregard ...

... . We were met by our guide for the day and we set off to visit the highlights of Hanoi. First we went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum complex where, despite wishing to be cremated on his death, his corpse is on display in a glass sarcophagus within a very ...

... this area of the city as folks were just opening up and the city was coming alive. Now we were off to see Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and the palace complex.  The Mausoleum was heavily guarded and had strict rules of no photography, no sunglasses could ...

We spent about 3 days here. We visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Ho Chi Minh is preserved and lies in a glass case. It is weird to see. There are guards everywhere and you have to remain silent. You are checked before you enter and cannot take cameras. ...