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Another capital city
... for clothes. Vietnamese guys were stopping me constantly asking if I needed a motorbike taxi, they couldn't seem to get their head around somebody walking. They used all the tricks telling me places were closed and they could take me to better places than I was going but I stood my ground. After the market I headed to the reunification palace and went round with a guided group before heading to the war museum. I turned out it was closed between 12-1.30pm so I had a while to wait. ...
Cu Chi (Cu Chi Cu)
... the pool suffered, but we didn’t care!
The bar got busier so we moved over to another bar over the road which was more empty and had a free pool table, however, it was here that we had our first encounter with ‘Bar Girls’. For the uninitiated, ‘Bar Girls’ are very attractive girls who are paid by bar owners to pay a lot of attention to patrons, they will come and sit next to you, make polite conversation, flirt ...
Over the Mekong
... an 80 km drive to HCMC where we were met by our Vietnamese guide (for the next 2 days only) and taken to the hotel, which is well situated close to the city centre.
After check-in and a quick break we went for a short walk around the key sights of the city including the Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Post Office and the central strip of upmarket hotels and shops. The archiecture is a mix of French colonial (cathedral and post office) ...
COOLAMON TO VIETNAM
... no idea how to eat it and she showed us how to wrap the food the traditional way. She didn’t speak a word of English but we got there. She was very sweet. Gordon tried a piece of chili and it nearly blew his head off. It was a fire cracker.
On our way back, as a bonus or something, Ti took us to the old post office in Saigon where we bought post cards and souvenirs to post back to Australia. We went to a magnificent old church named the Notre dam Cathedral which ...
Ho Chi Minh Ville, Saigon, mais surtout ailleurs
... réussi à niquer un laqué de genre 4 pieds par 8 pieds en reculant dedans... Ceci dit, on aurait avoir plus que 15 minutes pour magasiner parce qu'on a manqué de temps. Pour une fois qu'il y avait des trucs intéressant et pas juste des attrape-****uds.... Au retour, dernières emplettes pour des trucs à ramener. Ya malheureusement pas des masses de trucs intéressants ( et/ ou possibles) à ramener du Vietnam (surtout que ...