Ngoc Minh Hotel

... 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 for a ...

... 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 Andrew even ...

... a moto ride, so for our return journey this is exactly what we did. Unaware, at first, that we were heading back to our hotel during rush hour, we were nervous, holding onto the back of the moped with white knuckles but after a few minutes we began to ...

... nature border control had managed to get through our passports. Back on the coach and a couple of hours later we were in our hotel tired and pretty fed up. We had a little walk round the local facinity, went on the internet bought postcards all that ...

... market brands such as Louis Vuitton and Lacoste - a window shopping spree ensued. Feeling thoroughly warn out we headed back to our hotel but not before marveling at the night market....unaware that this took place every night, we headed in for a look. ...

... market brands such as Louis Vuitton and Lacoste - a window shopping spree ensued. Feeling thoroughly warn out we headed back to our hotel but not before marvelling at the night market....unaware that this took place every night, we headed in for a look. ...

... are actually really nice. We eventually left the market having been in there all afternoon and headed back to the hotel. On our way back we noticed a really nice bakery/coffee shop and decided to stop here for ...

... that to their advantage. After a lot of crawling in the pitch black, we made it out and headed back to the hotel. That evening we saw a traditional water puppet show. This was invented by farmers and displayed in the paddy fields. Eventually it grew ...

... 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 hebben we gelukkig zo gevonden en we droppen onze backpacks om de stad in te gaan. We dachten dat we al gek geworden ...

... familiar restaurants and clubs and bizarrely enough, Ven, that local restaurant owner spotted me and said hi. I was also recognised by some Hotel staff and shop keepers, I felt so popular hehe. I got back to the ally of where I was staying and walked ...

Another early start we were picked up from our hotel at 6.30am , our journey would be another 12hour stint even though we were told only 7 hours but when your on South East Asia time everything is different. We arrived in HCMC in the middle of an amazing ...

... 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 ...

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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... style. Our "minibus" failed to turn up at the time we'd been told to be ready for - 7.30am and so we waited outside the hotel for a good 45 minutes, wondering why we didn't get to sleep just a little bit more. Eventually a car turned up, we got in and, ...

... 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 ...

... on early mornings before we needed to be anywhere. Everywhere you go the rooms are mostly very similar, and on par with a hotel room really.  Ho Chi Minh was one of our favourite places so far. There is plenty to see and do, most notably the War ...

... mins walk away from where we started. I was frustrated at myself, but nobody got hurt, its just money. On the plus side the hotel he dropped us off at was reasonable (14 US dollars a night) and quite nice. Pizza place next door is good. In fact ...

... I have to be honest I much prefer the name Saigon but it fell into to the hands of North Vietnam and they renamed it Ho Chi Minh City by the Hanoi government. Now Hanoi is the new capital of Vietnam to which we will visit in the next few weeks. The bus ...