Vien Dong Hotel

... the mockery. End stupid, crappy start to day here. Begin nice part of day here. We walked our baggage around the corner to the Vien Dong Hotel, a 3-star luxury hotel. We checked into our room (we'd chosen a deluxe room) and to be honest, it wasn't ...

... to lightening and rain so a slow trip to the Hotel. Our favorite hotel has been pulled down so we are staying at the Vien Dong hotel which is centrally situated in HCM, overlooking the biggest park of the city. It is also only a few minutes walk to the ...

... we arrived at the city, it was already noon and we head for buffet lunch at one of the hotels in Saigon called Vien Dong Hotel. Here the menu was entirely Vietnamese dishes. It seems that the Vietnamese eat mostly pork and beef. The food was good here, ...

... on Ophelia's jumper and stank of vomit for the rest of the day. Was just miserable. dishonourable mention: Massage at Vien Dong Hotel in Saigon - Terrible ambience, chainsmoking old men who were probably there for a "happy ending". Really uncomfortable ...

... mansions built on the other side of the ferry crossing. That evening we went across to the park opposite the Vien Dong hotel where lots of things were going on. There were musicians playing traditional instruments and food stalls with yummy food being ...

... days of Tet, I made sure I was, and I didn't bargain over the little stuff as long as it was reasonable. After finally getting a hotel room, I can't say I did much my first day there - napped all day, ate, then went to bed. All I could handle. The next ...

We arrived in the Nha Trang station at night and in the rain and checked into our hotel, Vien Dong - an apparent traveller's favourite close to the beach. The next morning we awoke to the sound of pouring rain and thunder, something I would usually love ...

... 'posé à un hôtel que Eric avait repéré dans le Lonely Planet (c'est surtout sa piscine qu'il avait repéré!), le Viet Dong Hotel. Nous n'avions pas réservé donc on a vérifier les disponibilités et visiter 2 types de chambres. Je trouvais que les ...

... to Tam Coc (3 grottos) village, which is famous as the "Halong Bay on the Rice Paddies" and stayed at the ancient Co Vien Lau Hotel. The hotel was in process of renovation and a bit run-down, even though the area around in was very scenic with all the ...

... us look for the phone in our room. Still not found. I then asked to call the police. I had to ask three times but the hotel receptionist seemed reluctant to involve the police. He aked if we could have another look. I said he could but he wasn't going to ...

... both be in Nha Trang at the same time, so I promised I would come to the beach party they were having to see him again.   I eventually stumbled back to the hotel at some ridiculous hour, and trying not to wake Vanessa, went straight to ...

... we've been to. Our plan was then to go to Rex Hotel for cocktails at 5pm. During the Vietnamese American War, this was the hotel where all the journalists stayed and they would meet at 5 every day to do whatever journalists do when the meet each other. ...

... old ladies tried to sell us tourist stuff, and Barb took pity on one very old very thin dear, and bought a fan for 20,000 dong. Great gran’s face lit up. We’d probably paid 4 times what she’d expected. And it was still cheap. Next on ...

We are staying in the most prominent are in the city which is around Dong Khoi Street in District 1, shops, museums, and losts of dining. We are close enough to everything that we can explore comfortably by foot. We went to Ben Thanh Market which is the ...

We woke up in our luxurious hotel room completely refreshed and went down to a buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Not too bad! It had been resolved that today we would spend more time seeing the sights of Saigon, and we had decided to visit the ...

... we have been having. Typhoon just off the south coast!!! therefore i stayed there for a little bit and then decided that the hotel's pool would make a better place to swim. this was right, the pool was lovely and they had free sun loungers. after dinner ...

... looked like), as Pete had seen a notice about half-price cakes after 4pm. Trust Pete to find a cake bargain. Being a 5-star hotel we expected 5-star cakes, and were not disappointed. Add a pot of tea, classical musicians, and leather lounges and we could ...

... the oncoming traffic, even on the footpath. I somehow managed to avoid witnessing or being in a car accident and arrived at a hotel. Now being on Contiki i assumed this was not where i was staying (expecting something more like a backpackers with barely ...

... group would be staying the first night. It cost me US$25, and he wouldn't even help me cross the road with my bags! The hotel staff eventually had to stop some of the traffic for me, so I could get in.  All of the Contiki group were downstairs ...