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VIETNAM | Mon, 12 Oct 2009 | By alistair | Views [47]
Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon as it is still referred to locally is a sprawling city of some 8 million people (and apparently 6 million motorcycles). It’s hard to say where the city starts or ends as the roads in this part of the world are inevitably lined ... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Wed, 12 Aug 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [420] | Comments [1]
From Phnom Penh we caught a direct bus all the way into Vietnam. After our Laos/Cambodia border experience we thought that this would make for a smoother ride. The journey
was nothing special, but Jo was pleased that we arrived ... Read more >
Tags: ho chi minh city, saigon, cu chi tunnels, cao dai, nha trang, quy nhon
VIETNAM | Fri, 3 Apr 2009 | By willpeach | Views [200] | Comments [2]
Vietnam is readjusting to an influx of foreigners. In 2007 the country saw 3.6 million overseas visitors enter the country, a 3.7% increase on the previous year. And with scores of English teachers and businessmen relocating here every year, these ... Read more >
Tags: nigerians, vietnam, ho chi minh city, saigon, immigration, visa
VIETNAM | Tue, 7 Oct 2008 | By katandstevie | Views [128]
We arrived in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City at around 6am, it appears people aren't quite as early to start in this city as a few hotels we had researched were still closed! We decided to check out a small guesthouse which a guy in Nha Trang had recommended ... Read more >
Tags: saigon, ho chi minh city, cu chi tunnels, cau dai temple, war remnants museum
VIETNAM | Sun, 10 Aug 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [204]
Another early arrival. I had coffee, and when a decent time came, I called a friend I'd made in the city. I knew that I wasn't meeting my couch host until evening, so I figured having a good conversation all day wasn't a bad idea. Around 6pm, I ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Mon, 4 Aug 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [166]
I arrived in some random part of HCMC around 1pm. Motorbike drivers were everywhere wanting to take me somewhere. I went straight into a hotel, asked for a map, and my location on that map. Then, I found an ATM. Absolutely famished, I went to the ... Read more >
Tags: ho chi minh city, vietnam, remeeting new friends
VIETNAM | Sun, 23 Dec 2007 | By cisoux | Views [8]
We booked a day trip out of Ho Chi Minh City today, to go to the Cao
Dai Temple and the Cu Chi Tunnels. It cost us only 6 US dollars each. We
set off at 8 a.m. A bus picked us up at our guesthouse after breakfast,
which was provided free at ... Read more >
Tags: vietnam, ho chi minh city, saigon, cao dai, cu chi
VIETNAM | Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By cisoux | Views [8]
We
landed in Ho Chi Minh City at 8 a.m. Vietnam time. The airport was grey
and spartan, a cold welcome to a Communist country. But Ho Chi Minh's
weather was not cold at all, in spite of our expectations. It was very
warm, just ... Read more >
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