After a short flight I arrived in Ho Chi Minh once I waited an hour for my visa. Already the taxi drivers were trying to rip me off charging 3 times more for a taxi to Pham Ngu Lao than it should've been. A bit of bargaining and I'd found a more reasonable one. The first backpacker guesthouse I tried was full, thankfully there was a whole street of them though and found one 3rd time lucky. A lovely big clean room with refrigerator and TV, sweet! My first night and I walked around the city, I have never seen so many motorcycles in one place in my life. It was impossible to cross the street until I noticed the locals just walking in front of the traffic and the cars and motorcycles would drive around
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