Sheraton Saigon

... of the people on our tour said there is a chamber music concert with a cellist tomorrow. I will check it out .... Our hotel, the Sheraton Towers, was very nice - they ran out of rooms so they upgraded some people to 2 and 3 room suites -- mine was just ...

... look and we were done, back to hotel for a much needed shower, rest and a beer. A few months ago I hesitantly booked a Saigon by Night tour.  Sounds like an innocent tour, but it is actually conducted as pillion passengers on vintage vespas.  ...

... length of Vietnam. We have a few hours free to ourselves this afternoon. As a group we decide we are going to go to the Sheraton Hotel's roof bar/ cocktail lounge for Happy hour. Cocktails are buy one get one free from 17.30 to 19.00 - just as well as ...

... before this trip? We daudled to enjoy the air con and then went to the loos to check out the freebies. No squatting in the Sheraton! As part of our War Tour we did go to the Museum, which was full of images of the Vietnam War and Napalm, ...

... so thats exactly what we did.  The London boys we met took us for 'sophisticated' coctails on the 23rd floor of the Sheraton (as you know I dont really do sophisticated - the proof is in the pictures!) So - my overall impression of Saigon??  ...

... flip flops for $1 and then we went to see the Rex Hotel, famous during the 50s and had a drink on the 25th floor of the Sheraton Hotel which has a wonderful view of the city skyline. Then they had to go for dinner and I went back to my place and feasted ...

... away! We found a hotel in the backpacker area of Saigon. There is also a downtown hotel district, but after walking through the Sheraton in that area later that night, we could see that those hotels were out of our price range. There is some big ...

... kicking the French out to gain independence. We then walked back through the city seeing the Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral and stopping at the Sheraton Saigon Hotel where we went up to the rooftop bar on the 23rd floor for a great view of the city ...

... joined Karen and Nim for breakfast, then showered and met in the lobby.  We decided to treat ourselves to a cocktail in the 5 star Sheraton Saigon hotel. The taxi ride was a matter of minutes and we went straight up to the 23rd floor of the hotel, as ...

... aggression) Museum, Jade Emperor Pagoda, Zoo and Botanical Garden, and finished with a beer on the 23rd floor of the Sheraton Saigon. Things I liked: The Reunification Palace was awesome- I love places like that, that are full of history, thinking about ...

... bullet point list of memories from this glorious city, in no particular order: 1. $6 martinis in the top floor bar of the Sheraton Saigon, looking down over the neon city below with a murky overcast sunrise. I was silent through most of it, entranced ...

... by daylight, the highlight for me 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 ...

... get Simon so that we could watch the sun go down over Saigon whilst having a drink in the bar on the 23rd floor of the Sheraton hotel. We did battle yet again with the traffic and made it to the Sheraton just before the sun set. What an experience that ...

... Delta, the two of us were not that keen on exotic meats, and stuck safely to chicken and goat. A few of us girls rounded off the evening with a glass of wine at the 23rd floor bar of the Sheraton Hotel... very posh, with a fabulous view of the city ...

... sortere, for saa at flytte over paa det hotel hvor min tur til Hanoi starter fra. Lige nu sidder jeg saa paa internetcafeen ved Sheraton og laver praktiske ting og sager paa pc, hvad gjorde vi foer vi fik internet...? Igaar hentede jeg min Ao Dai, den ...

... that will not be (though really should be) forgotten.   - Drinking Singapore Slings whilst overlooking the city at the Sheraton (thanks again Fauzia!!).  Could have done without the rip-off attempts by our cyclo drivers...   - The water ...