Ho Chi Minh City Travel Blogs - Page 7

Guess what?  Ready for this?  Our first hitchhiking experience couldn't have been more perfect than what it was!!!  Thinking we might have been hurt or something?  Why in the world were we in an ambulance in the photos that appear on the previous entry?  Well, here's what h…

Good morning from Saigon, Once outside the glossy tiles, filtered aircon air, and large glass doors of the arrivals area of the airport, Saigon was noisy, dirty, chaotic and steamy.  Throngs of anxious taxi drivers eagerly looked in our direction for a fare, only to be met by disappointme…

All April fools opportunities were missed this morning as none of us had a clue what day it was!  We got up early for breakfast before going to the Ben Thanh Market.  The market, like all Asian markets, was fascinating, with all sorts of interesting fruit and veg, clothes and trinkets for…

I only made it to Saigon for another short getaway. I had solo travels before but I've never experienced so much misadventures anywhere than I did in Saigon. Nevertheless, this is probably the only Asian country I want to explore from South to North.

Saigon

Random photos of my time in Vietnam. Not all that exciting as I'm not a trigger happy lass but would add them anyhow

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vietnam

I got off the bus and within minutes I was exploring the alleyways that you can barely sqeeze through.  Yep, I'm gonna love this town.  Did do a few "touristy" things--Cu Chi tunnels, war relics museum etc, but mainly just wandered around the city for two days.  Tried to take a video…

Just posting some photos from my trips

After touring the Mekhong Delta, the Cuchi tunnels and Cao Dai Holy See temple, Bohng Phatry and I decided it was only right to spend some time visiting the main sites of Saigon, rather than making our way out on another day tour outside the city.We paid a visit to the;- Fine Arts Museum (had s…

I have a blog of my trip on Travelpod but I wanted to add pictures here so this is a shortened version of the blog but with more pictures.

Known as one of the biggest cities in Vietnam where you can get everything from all over the country here, that is so convenient for people who are living in Saigon.

Cu Chi district is on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City. During the Vietnam War - 1965 to 1973 the Viet Cong Guerillas occupied 200 miles of secret tunnels. The Viet Cong lived undeground for years at a time, cooking, sleeping, teaching children, performing medical operations and conducted military operations. If you want to know more then read The Tunnels of Cu Chi by Tom Mangold and John Penycate 1985,Berkeley Books.

We checked out of our hotels at 7:00 and headed for the airport for the 8:20 Vietnam Airlines flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Daniel arrived a bit late because he went to the airport on a motorbike with his 12 kg luggage in his hand. We had to wait for the 12:50 Tiger Airways flight to Singapore.