New World Hotel Saigon

... speak or understand the language, I am fascinated by Vietnamese culture and used to relish those hours sitting in the Saigon Café watching the world go by. Itinerant booksellers are a feature of the Pham Ngu Lao scene - women who trudge from bar to ...

... 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 ...

... checked into the Dong Do and spent the next 6 hours getting lost in the shops of District 1, leading to a few trips back to our new hotel to drop off our loaded bags. I think the best thing that could have happened to me was for Bangkok Airways to lose ...

... enjoyed my narratives.] When we finished up at the Reunification Palace, Huong and Mr. Thang dropped us off at the hotel. Because we had a very late flight out of Saigon, we had paid $18 in order to keep the room until 6:00. We took a nap, showered, ...

... a move on so we achieve as much time in the Thai islands as possible (for a holiday!!!). Also it's almost the new year in this part of the world so we'd rather get held up in Hoi An due to the public holiday rather than here in Huey... Wandered around ...

... turing point in the war. Many Americans demanded a negotiated end to the was. In 1973 - the Paris agreements provided a cease-fire. Saigon surrendered to the NVA on the 30th of April 1975. Anyway the first place I visited on my self made trip was ...

... 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 else how to handle the roads.  Occasionally, the streets would open up and ...

... in your face extravagant consumption beside extreme poverty appeals to me for some reason, but I cannot figure out exactly why. Two days in Saigon is enough this time. All I wanted to do was meet up with Nham who is travelling with me this trip and to ...

... time, but I do know who I am and where I am. Some internet problems, also. So I'm writing for several days here - beginning with Saigon. It rained each of the several days we were in Saigon. Sprinkling for 30 minutes or an hour in mid/late afternoon, then ...

Saigon is crazy! I mean it. Back to the developing world again. It feels and acts like what I remember from Mozambique. Motorbikes everywhere. Apparently there are over 1 million in the city alone. Anyways, we get downtown and check into a simple ...

... temperature was about 45 degrees and pitch dark. It is no wonder that the claustrophobia sets in for most people! Well, we set new world records in sweating after this exercise and the 38 degree surface temperature only made matter worse! We got to see an ...

... and there were cars and thousands upon thousands of motorbikes coming from every angle and it really was where old world and new world collided.  Our driver manovered his way through the heavy traffic and got us to our hotel.  The Rex was ...

... nbsp; We have asked numerous people lately as to what name they use for the city: Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) which is the new name or Saigon, which was the old name.  Most of the Vietnamese still use the old name of Saigon for various reasons.  ...

I was slightly wrong about Cantho - all i had to do was catch a ferry (5 cents) across the river and a whole new world opened up. There were no cars at all; the street a narrow concrete way wide enough at best for two scooters to pass. Houses huddled ...

I was slightly wrong about Cantho - all i had to do was catch a ferry (5 cents) across the river and a whole new world opened up. There were no cars at all; the street a narrow concrete way wide enough at best for two scooters to pass. Houses huddled ...

... to work. The restaurant located at the top of the building, 7th Floor, the window over looking a lake and we can see New World Hotel from here. It was limited space but are cozy and clean, all 6 of us squezze ourselve on a small table (meant for 2), ...

...for the moment! Well we've reached the last stage of our Vietnam journey. We arrived in Saigon yesterday although I haven't seen much of it yet! We left Hoi An on Wednesday night on another overnight bus. It was only 12 hours but this was the ...

... roof of a hotel for $4 a night I headed out for breakfast, on my return Connie was checking in to my hotel, a lovely coincidence. She only had one day in Saigon and asked me if I wanted to come and see the sights with her, I had nothing better to do. ...

... other points of interest. In the evening I went walking some more and went looking for a Jazz club that was at the New World hotel. New World hotel is a five star hotel located not far from our hotel. Found the hotel okay but when got there and asked ...

... being the Jade Emperor Pagoda of course! That evening everyone had planned to meet up at the Sheraton hotel to watch the sun set before we joined our new group. However I didn't quite make it as after getting delayed checking emails I missed the ...

Hey Guys! have arrived safely in Saigon....very crazy, reminds me of China in many ways...everyone drives little motorbikes and they just beep their horns all the time instead of stoppng or giving way to people. My taxi driver almost knocked three people ...