Hello Vietnam Well, after years of talking about it, we finally made to Vietnam. Landing in Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City, around 7pm; we breezed through customs and right into a row of customer service counters. We walked up to the very first one and within 5 minutes we had exchanged money, purchased a SIM card for our cell-phone and arranged taxi service to our hotel. Done! Everyone talks about the crazy amount of motorbikes on the roads in Saigon and on the drive to our hotel that’s exactly what we saw. Our hotel, Blue River 2, was located in District I but not in the part with lots of hotels and restaurants. The streets outside consisted mostly of motorbike repair shops and electrical retail. But it was just $20 a night, A/C,
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