Ho Chi Minh City Travel Blogs

6days later,I came back to the Saigon. 12hours flight from Paris arrived at 5am. It was only 20hours stop-over.  Then I got the phone call from Chris. He came to the airport for sending his son to America at the 4am. He is always staying the place where is I can reach easyly it happen spontane…

I met that 11 year old girl in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City. It was my last day. She sold postcards while I was sitting at a Cafe. I asked her to come over and join me. She was an awesome girl. Smart, cute, cheeky, good hearted and so strong-minded.I saw so much in her... I wanted to stay in contact…

From knowing at least one person in a country to complete anonymity. From staying at a friend's place to a hostel. From touring on foot to taking day tours with wonderful strangers from various nations. Most of my friends thought I was seriously odd to do this but I did it anyway. Sad to not have …

Despite sleeping late the night before, I managed to drag myself out of bed at 10 to wash up. Shuyi (TB luashuyi) was coming from Singapore to join me that day. :) Finally met her as a neighbouring guesthouse, after which we decided to have lunch.. or brunch. We then walked around the area for a bi…

A couple of weeks before I arrived in HCMC/Saigon, I’d been exchanging messages with moshixkon aka Chaucy, a Vietnamese girl who helped me a bit with guesthouse information. Both of us agreed to meet when I were there. Today is the DAY! Chaucy came to my hostel and picked me up since she promised…

In the late morning, roommate #2, one of the Canadians and I motivated ourselves to go to the War Remnants Museum. This museum is presented from more of a Vietnamese perspective. This was interesting because from what I remember of studying the Vietnam War in high school, we only heard various…

Mercy is a virtue. Vietnam 2001. I'm in a pool hall in Ho Chi Minh City.  Uncle Ho may have led a revolution from the north to bring his light of Communism to the hedonistic south, but he obviously didn't reach this place.  Its a massive building, pool tables extend across the floor…

People have asked me why I was traveling to Vietnam alone. The answers i always give were (1) To make good use of my new camera and take lots of pictures; (2) To take a break from a very busy and stressful year; and (3) to do some growing up... seriously.As for the photo safari in Vietnam. I must s…

I arrived in Saigon safe and sound... well at least sound. It was kinda like Bangkok, just a little more gritty and -real-. Flying out of Nagoya, I had a layover in Taiwan, and spent the second plane ride really digging into my head. I wasn't sure what to expect when I got off the plane, but I was …

As a student, I've always wanted to learn much more about other things especially in traveling. This was the day that I was very excited to go home, as I missed my home country already. In the morning, I just took my favorite yogurt in the buffet table and had my last minute shopping in Ben Thanh M…

At breakfast, met another Australian family on holiday.  The college kid was so sweet - he said I didn't look a day over 20.  What a charmer!  It could also have been the fact that I tied my hair in braids and looked like a Chinese peasant girl, but whatever.  I'll take complime…

This was our second stop and to our dismay we actually stopped at the port of Vung Tao (I don't know if I spelt that right).  The port is about 2.5 hours from Ho Chi Minh so we got a bit worried about just trying to wing it on our own.  Neither of us are very interested in the tour packag…

  A morning rain fell as Vietnam Airlines Flight 335 left the Nha Trang Airport in Cam Ranh Bay at 11:05. The hour-long flight to Ho Chi Minh City was well worth the US$48 for the ticket by saving eight to eleven hours on a bus. The bus would be okay for stopping at the popular beach at Mui N…

It was yet again another early start for me today as I waited for a bus to take me for a tour of the Mekong Delta, south of Ho Chi Minh City. I was looking forward to a leisurely boat ride down the river as opposed to the madness of the city. The bus took a while to reach the Delta but nowadays I'm…

Our flight from HCM to Hanoi was delayed for almost 5 hours.  It ended up leaving at 2:45 in the morning.  A lot of people slept.  Here are some photos of some Vietnamese taking a nap before our late departure..