Ho Chi Minh City
December 14th 2005 As has become the norm, the bus ride was longer than advertised...mainly due to a flat tire that caused a 2 hour delay....
I wandered around the downtown area a bit before following a tout to a hotel on "minihotel" street. I bargained him down from $12 to $9 for a small room with one bed. No hot water but it had a TV with some cable channels.
It was already 9:30pm so I ventured out for a b
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