Blogs from Ho Chi Minh City, Southeast, Vietnam, Asia - page 211

Saigon. or is it Ho Chi Minh City? The answer is both. Saigon is generically used by all Vietnamese, although the official title is Ho Chi Minh City. Either way it is a place to behold. Just go and have a look on YouTube and search for Saigon Traffic to see proof. We were in Saigon for 4 days. In that time we saw the war museum, a collection of photograhs and artifacts documenting the war. Some of the most harrowing pictures you will ever see are housed in this collection, from the famous "Girl in the picture", a very small burned naked girl running from a napalm explosion, to a GI holding part of a corpse. I have never really studied the war before, but I know that a lot of people were against it ... read more

Good Morning Viet Nam!! Ho Chi Min City is a massive place with a population of 11.5 million ppl. Unfortunatly it is the only stop that I will be making in Vietnam because my visa runs out on the 5th of May. Ohh well there were many good times had here! The majority of the trip was spent in suit shops, markets and of course my wonderful a/c room with T.V. and a fridge for the beers. I purchased 2 dinner/ sport jackets, a full suit and 3 shirts that came with a tie! My purchases also included 30 DVD's 6 box sets of T.V. series and shirts. I had a blast bargining with the ladies and hitting the small eateries along the way. I visited the war museum and the old Communist building of ... read more

Rebonjour a tous! Nous avons maintenant de la difficulte a maintenir la cadence des recits. En effet, nous faisons trop de choses dans une journee et, vous savez comment on est... c'est difficile de nous arreter! hihihi! Notre visite a Saigon s'est deroulee en 2 parties. La premiere, avant notre depart pour l'ile de Phu Quoc qui se resume en la visite des tunnels de Cu Chi et des temples cadoistes. Et la deuxieme, a notre retour du paradis perdu, decouverte de la ville (musee et shopping). Nous avons pris un vol de Vietnam Airlines (qui, soit dit en passant, n'a plus d'avions sovietiques depuis quelques annees... c'est plus rassurant! D'autant plus que la compagnie a un quasi monopole des vols domestiques!) Nous avons eu une pensee pour Ghyslaine qui n'aurait pas mis les pieds a ... read more

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - (April 2007) Sat 21st - Tues 24th April - (Saigon) I set off from Phnom Pehn (Cambodia) by bus in the morning heading to Saigon in Vietnam, or to use the official Vietnamese Government name for the city, Ho Chi Minh City. There’s not much to say about the journey itself as it was fairly uneventful except for the condition of the road to the border which was dreadful being full of pot holes every few meters and not being surfaced. However, there were no problems at the border, unlike previous border crossings on this trip, although I still had my passport checked to see if I had the right stamps and visa in about 6 different times over a distance of about 10m - It must be a way ... read more

On the basis of our previous 12 hour bus journeys I was expecting another night of uncomfort and torment as I boarded the bus for Sai Gon in Nha Trang. It appeared my fears were being quickly realised when immediately the woman in front of me fully reclined her seat into my legs. "Excuse me, I don't mind you reclining your seat, so long as the seat next to you is left upright - my legs dont fit in the space" I explained. Whether she misunderstood or was simply pure evil I will never know, but she then fully reclined the empty(!) seat next to her, fully boxing me in. Luckily there were only about 10 people on the entire bus, so I immediately moved. With two seats to myself this turned out to be ... read more