Sofitel ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh 4 Sept - 6 Sept. Our annual short getaway from the mundane routine in our life and wanted to renew our mind as one. 4 Sept - Woke up at 4.30am.  It was such a short sleep as the night before we actually slept almost 1am to ...

... I just arrived late yesterday afternoon. After having to endure with yet another scamming taxi driver, I arrived at my hotel (Sofitel Plaza) near Reunification Palace. It always amazes me that most of the cities and countries I have visited, seem to ...

... Ben Thanh market for a browse before passing the great architecture of the people's committee building with the statue of Ho Chi Minh outside (he being the leader of the Vietcong and therefore leading the revolution against first the French and later the ...

... for their professionalism, knowledge of each locale, and accommodation.  I will never forget that trip. After a short flight to Ho Chi Minh from Nha Trang, I headed straight to the hotel in the middle of the city at the Sofitel.  After all that ...

... really had to cram everything in to get it all done in the little less than three weeks they had.  They were flying into Ho Chi Minh City, so Konrad and I planned to fly down and meet them there a few days after we finished work at Apollo. We had ...

... many linked with casinos and targetted at the Chinese market. Visit now before this place loses all character ! I then flew to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), better known to most as Saigon. In the 1950s this was a city of opium and decadence where Graham ...

... hash brown et corned beef juste avant la terrible ascension (mais ça, c'est un autre récit de voyage...) mais celui du Sofitel Saigon n'a aucune commune mesure tant il est gargantuesque. Je pense même que j'ai pleuré un peu d'emotion devant ...

... your guess or mine. An interesting layered sweet bean 'cocktail' by the side of the road, then I took myself off to the Sofitel hotel for a day pass to the fitness center. Sometimes you just need to feel the blood pumping through. Gym, sauna, poolside ...

... didn't pass and returned to the village to be a farmer. His older sister was sent away to school and joined the Viet Minh. His Father was killed by a French officer when a neighbor revealed the information. His mother died shortly afterward of grief. His ...

... whenever my previous company needs to hold big events... It was good time, good memory... I still remember the first launch at Sofitel. Already 10 years! Something wrong with my feet, feel pain a little bit! I don't play tennis much since Feb... ...

... Saigon - clothes, linen and eyewear Easy riders motor bike tour in Dalat countryside French restaurants L'en tete (Saigon) and Sofitel Dalat Palace Cooling off in Nha Trang - great beach and pool Mekong floating markets Cocktails for less than $4 ...

... Wir hoffen, ihr habt Silvester gut verbracht und seid gut ins 2008 gerutscht. Ich habe zu Silvester leider noch Nachwehen vom Sofitel Vinpearl zu spüren bekommen - ausgerechnet das Essen dieser 5* Bude war nicht in Ordnung und hat mit mir einen ...

Early start again today. First on the agenda is the War Remnants Museum just down the street from our hotel. Another effort to remind the future generations of the traumas of war. The sidewalk is lined with students waiting for their group tour. Again, ...

... all the way back and around the other 3 sides of the park.   We finally found an expensive restaurant beside the Ho Chi Minh Museum (our destination). We had fried crab rolls that were good and breaded and fried veggie rolls that had mayo in them ...

Today, we saw the Ho Chi Minh memorial, where you wait in  long line to process slowly past Ho's preserved corpse. Totaly weird. But it's incredible to see the reverance everyone in this country still shows him. Security is no joke, no cameras, and ...

... off between 1958 and 1969 (the year of his death). The Vietnamese revere the house and believe it symbolizes Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of simplicity, modesty, gentleness and dedication to the nation and the people. (I guess the Vietnamese disregard ...

... et du vermicelle. Donc dans le classement Nems: Ho Chi Minh < Da Lat Pendant que j'y suis ;) dans le classement vietnamiennes: Ho Chi Minh < Da Lat ... et c'est une victoire pour Da Lat!!! Plus serieusement, apres manger on a continue de se ...

... . We were met by our guide for the day and we set off to visit the highlights of Hanoi. First we went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum complex where, despite wishing to be cremated on his death, his corpse is on display in a glass sarcophagus within a very ...