Park Hyatt Saigon

... into our Christmas present. Yep Jim and I had decided we couldn't rough it any longer so we'd booked into the Park Hyatt Hotel in Saigon for two nights. Eager to make the most of our time there (and also because the train deposited us at some ungodly hour ...

Arrive in Saigon for our first taste of Vietnam. Staying at the Park Hyatt, which turns out to be a wonderfully peaceful oasis from the hurly-burly streets with no streetlights and hundreds of mopeds careening about. Aside from the sights of the city, ...

... me and I was nearly in dumb shock by the time I was checked into the beautiful French colonial building housing the Park Hyatt. Sleep came easily, only to be ended abruptly by another jam packed days of Vendor visits. Meeting our charming agent Cecilia ...

... to Tokyo and I will be following her in the next few h ours.  For now I am in the lobby of the Park Hyatt, sipping a white Russian, listening to a piano player, writing about the days events and wondering if everything could have actually ...

... ... one cyclo... together. We looked like idiots I'm sure but it was fun! Vascoe's is in a ritzy area... big expensive hotels (ie. Park Hyatt) and expensive shops (ie. Louis Vitton). We had a couple drinks at Vascoe's but never did run into Paras (kind of ...