Ho Chi Minh City Travel Blogs - Page 3

Indeed true. Shopped and shopped. Vases, candies, fruits, little souveniers. Ate, ate, ate. Dont know names. Pics will tell... What to do tomorrow?

Transition All the way from Brisbane I feel a tightening sort of trepidation. The last 3 months have been same, same... the next 3 promise to be different, different. Strapped into my backpack like a snail to it's shell I walk through the exit doors of HoChiMin airport. Outside hot air swi…

I could’ve eaten a duck embryo but I chickened out!  I grabbed the train out of Nha Trang that was only running an hour late and found my seat among the locals.  At one point a food cart came through the coach and the guy next to me asked for something off the cart.  The gal opened…

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia), Dean and Ora (Australia) Our last few days in Ho Chi Minh City were spent mostly relaxing, taking a few walks around the city and been rejected from entry into the Presidential Palace on no less than 3 occasions! Every t…

apr 8 this is it.. after a stressful day of going to the bank, to 2 different salons, waiting forever for my manicurist, the heavy rush hour traffic and crazy drivers in manila, my panic-stricken dad, enduring my little sister who came with us to the trip to the airport, meeting up with my travel …

One of the main sites for anyone visiting Saigon is without doubt the War Remnants museum.The garden of the war museum is full of american military equipment, including an M48 Patton tank, an F5 fighter and a Huey helicopter. But the most interesting  - and also shocking and infuriating - part…

It's been a while since I updated this blog, and now I feel the urge. So, where did I leave off last time...? Ah yes, Dalat. The super ridiculous Vietnamese valley of love! So, we spent 3 days there, lovin it up, and then headed north, to Lak Lake. It took us 3 attempts and an entire morning to ev…

  There are no McDonalds in Vietnam, so that is reason enough to visit the country if you ask me... After a tiring bus journey from Camobida to Vietnam we reached Ho Chi Minh city (formally Saigon).  We only had 7 short days in Vietnam but spent the first two days in the city due to J…

We staan om 06:30 op want we moeten om 08:00 klaar staan voor vertrek van de cyclotocht. We gaan naar het restaurant op de begane grond om te ontbijten en komen er dan achter dat het ontbijt klaar staat in het restaurant op de 10de verdieping. Het eten ziet er goed uit en we laten een Pho kaar mak…

Saturday, June 9, 2007 Vietnam The action started before i even left aus with Australian customs refusing to let me take my quarter full tooth paste out of the country the journey here was fine! Stoped for a cheeky guiness in malaysia on the way out- dont think i can spend the couple of da…

I arrived to Vietnam last Friday and spent the weekend seeing some basic tourist attractions. I was surprised to find that I didn't enjoy it all that much. I don't think I like being a tourist. I love traveling and going to new places, but not to see temples and buy souvenirs. I want to meet pe…

Nach dem Frühstück habe ich meine Weiterreise organisiert. Morgen fahre ich für zwei Nächte ins Mekong-Delta, von dort möchte ich auf dem Mekong mit dem Boot nach Angkor Wat, einer riesigen Tempelanlage, fahren - wie schon geschrieben, Züge gibt es von hier bis Thailand keine und wenn ich die…

DAY 1 Our “bus” came to pick us up and it turned out to be two motorbikes who were to take us somewhere for the bus, I refused to get on them because I had a huge backpack and another small bag with all my valuebles too, which would of made it nearly impossible to hang on. The other reason was…

Everyone who has been to Saigon would recommend the Ben Tanh Market. All prices of goods are up for haggling. We found some nice lacquer pictures, hand-embroidered pictures and handbags, souvenir t-shirts, Vinamit dried fruits, blue mountain coffee and jasmine flower tea after 3 hours of …

Day 4, travel to Mekong River. We took a boat trip travelling on Mekong River, then we went to an island, there, people were making coconut candy. Very fresh, worth to try! And we went to a garden on the island, trying their fruit there, but not too special. One thing was nice, that was the honey …