Ngoc Minh

... out by the constant zooming and tooting of millions of mopeds. Great place. Once off the coach we found a really nice place to stay, Ngoc Minh Hotel, and great localtion, however it is quite expensive at $20 a night. After settling in at the hotel we went ...

... to much fun to pay any serious attention to them, however our biggest thrill was yet to come. We could not leave Ho Chi Minh City without taking a moto ride, so for our return journey this is exactly what we did. Unaware, at first, that we were heading ...

... greatly amused us and gave us another opportunity to snap some funny looking people attempting the aerobics. We both really like Ho Chi Minh City its has a really nice feel to it, busy, hectic, mad but not so far removed from the western world and the ...

... place to chill and have a quite breakfast. After breakfast we headed out to see two of main sites that Ho Chi Minh has to offer - the Reunification Palace and War Remnants Museum. First stop was the Reunification Palace, a rather disappointing start as ...

... place to chill and have a quite breakfast. After breakfast we headed out to see two of main sites that Ho Chi Minh has to offer - the Reunification Palace and War Remnants Museum. First stop was the Reunification Palace, a rather disappointing start as ...

... It turned out to be far more complicated than we had first thought. The palace was renamed the Reunification Palace after Ho Chi Minh (leader of Northern Vietnam) conquered the South. To begin with we were very confused who were the communists and who was ...

Vliegen van Dalat naar Ho Chi Minh City stelde echt niks voor. Net in de lucht kregen we een flesje water en moest iedereen weer terug naar z'n stoel, want ze gingen de landing alweer inzetten. Drie kwartier later kwamen we al in HCMC aan. Een hotel ...

... set on 'My Island’ now so that is where I will go ;-D.. So now simply for the convenience I am sat back in the NGOC THO restaurant having a beer typing this but will soon be heading back to the park. I’ve just been sat speaking to the manager ...

... Once this was done I merrily set on my way back to all the old locals for tea, food and wifi. Yep I was back at Ngoc Tho, I really do love their teas. I stayed there for almost 4 hours, surfing the internet, checking flights and uploading pictures, then ...

... thunder and lightening storm so we quickly organised a bed for the next few nights. Later on that night we stayed around Phuc Ngoc road for dinner and drinks . The next morning we were up early to do the walking tour of districts 1,3,4 recommended by ...

... bags in a bar (for the sake of our marriage) while I went in search of something decent. In the end we settled for the Ngoc Minh Guesthouse which is based in a quiet lane in district 1, close to most of the action. Clean, WiFi, en-suite and breakfast for ...

... correct alleyway to the door of our hotel and then unobtrusively gave us a tour brochure without another word. The staff at the 'Ngoc Minh' hotel were hyper-active from the minute we stepped through the front door. One lady couldn't stop laughing at ...

15th  Had a reasonable lie in this morning and had breakfast at about 10. At 12.00pm we left our hotel and the first stop was the market......well it was supposed to be the market. We had been warned by an amusing american chap that bringing ...

HCMC couldn't be more different than the peace and tranquility of Cat Tien.  It's a big city, very busy and has everything that you'd expect from a big city, from Louis Vuiton to street side food stalls. It has some very nice wide leafy ...

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... maybe this is one experience we will not repeat if financially possible.   After the bus we arrived in ho chi minh city which seemed dirty, noisy & busy. Typical city really. We found some accommodation down an alleyway which was ...

... type things, you know the type of things. We then took another very cramped bus journey up to Saigon, which was renamed Ho Chi Minh City by the government in honour of the former leader of the North of the country.Saigon is quite, quite mental. There are ...

... life of Saigon.   We had decided to stay in the backpackers area of District 1, Pham Ngu Lao. Our guest house, Ngoc Son at $12 a night was down a very long alleyway in a local part of town, about  15-20 minutes walk ...