http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Vietnam , Southeast , Ho Chi Minh City , District 1 en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:33 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:33 +0000 Hi dudes Vietnam reis zit erop Nog een laatste post over Saigon of Ho chi Minh as you want.De reis van de Mekong delta tot in ho Chi Minh was best grappig. Het was deze keer met een mini buske vol locals. De rit duurde zo39n 3 uur viel goed mee en was een ideaal moment voor de Vietnamese kerel links van mij en oudere vrouw rechts van Anouk om wat bij te slapen. Bij elke hobbel zakten hu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-787400.html Feb 17 2013Dont want to go back to work and coldness Today is the last day of my holiday and I couldnt have had more fun Well thats not true because if I had the money I would have been able to indulge myself more. BUT with what I had things turned out well. And for all this hard work Im indulging myself today. Saigon takes credit card I had an amzing breakfast with Inida http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-786965.html Today felt like two days in one. The first part was two short flights that felt like eternities for some reason We flew from Chiang Mai to Bangkok then from Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. Some of the information on Stacy39s entrance visa was incorrect so it took a wild goose chase to track down a computer to print a new one. We ran all over that blasted airport then finally got some fo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-785261.html ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgt29.4.Mme tady u tet tden mho putovn i kdy prvn tden jsme vyrazili a ve tvrtek. Rno chceme vyrazit dve na popud Petra avak nakonec on je ten kter sp nejdle Chtli jsme se trochu prospat ale zaznla falen informace e nkter pamtky jsou oteven jen dopoledne. U od rna zan bt http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-783407.html Our two night stay at the four star Grand Silverland hotel cost more than all our other hotels in Vietnam put together but after all that travelling interspersed by illness and mountain bike crashes I think we were due a treat. And still the nightly rate worked out not much more than something like one of those hotels that Lenny Henry does those awful adverts for. We were supremely well looked http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-783091.html memory zoneusb 3.0 the nho cf the nho sd sd wificf sandisk extreme cf sandisk extreme pro the nho microsd http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-782775.html Day 10 Today we caught the flight from Danang to Ho Chi Minh City. It was an afternoon flight so unfortunately we didn39t arrive until later afternoon. Just time for a quick dip in the small rooftop pool before dinner and then a tour of some of the rooftop bars of Saigon. Our hotel was in an excellent location right in the heart of District One so in striking distance of Sheraton Caravelle a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-781890.html Vietnam so far has been very go go go. We lingered a bit too long in lovely Thailand and Laos so much so that we had to cut some time from our stint in Vietnam unfortunately...So we39ve been moving from city to city every 2 days or so. We39ve managed to travel the whole country from North to South in just under 3 weeksWe took yet another sleeper bus to Hoi An which yet again is being http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-779102.html checking... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-778392.html The mission Tet Holiday 2weeks in Cambodia with 232Feb 2 2013Gate 10 waiting room. I should be relaxed and happy but sitting here I had a strange feeling of pressure and anticipation. 2 weeks of freedom ahead of me and a small backpack holding all the essentials super compact sleeping bag a change of clothes appropriate for temples my kindle camera ipod and a few toiletries. A few deep b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-777244.html Vietnam Hoi An DalatHaving bumped into Westerners left right and centre since touching down in Vietnam we decided to throw caution to the wind and get off the well trodden tourist trail to discover what was billed as the 39real39 Vietnam. We were looking for a dose of adventure mixed with some authentic culture and a little adrenaline thrown in for good measure so we decided to hit the r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-777139.html You are confusing what to do or where to go when you come to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam Dont worry just come with us Travel group will lead you. We are the travelling departments students from University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City. We will show you some wellknown places around District 1. You will have the opportunities to try some kinds of unique noshes. We39re sure that you w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-776584.html We left Battambang and did a epic trip to get to the beach in Sihanoukville up at 6.15am for a 3 hour bus to Pursat where we visited a floating village not alot to say about that its a village and it floats . Then a 5 hour bus to Phnom Penh an hour wait and a 6 hour bus to Sihanoukville we arrived at midnight and passed out.There are a few beaches in Sihanoukville we started in Serendipity http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-775789.html Sorry I haven39t been able to update the blog recently after searching high and low I finally found my good friend WiFi again So prepare yourself for a flood of entries in the couple of days while I can take full advantage of free hotel access...hope you enjoy Picking up from my last entry I did indeed spend the entire day exploring Ho Chi Minh city on my own and I honestly had a fanta http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-774559.html Intour gii thiu ti cc Bn b su tp bn b sung thm vo cho Cm Nang Du Lch Nha Trang Bn Nha Trang trung tm thnh ph Bn Nha Trang khu Phm Vn ng Bn Nha Trang khu gn Vinpearlland Tag Tour Du Lch Nha TrangDu Lch Nha Trang Tour Du Lch Nha Trang 3 Ngy 3 m Tour Nha Trang Du Lich Nha Trang Tour Nha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-774282.html NGY 01 KHI HNH TOUR DU LCH NHA TRANG DIAMONDBAY06h00n Nha Trang nhn phng dng im tm sng.08h00Xe a on ti cng Cu Xe a qu khch tham quan Khu Du Lch Diamond Bay Ni din ra cuc thi hoa hu Hon V 2008 vi qun th du lch tuyt p gm nhiu loi hnh ngh dng v vui chi gii tr. Qu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-774101.html You39ve spent 17 hours in the air excluding a stop at Doha Qatar. Your legs are aching and you are completely shattered. After arriving at the HCM airport you39ve waited for 2 hours to finalise your visa and YES you can finally get your stuff and leave Now imagine your frustration when you look for your bag on the conveyor belt and it39s not there.39Welcome to Vietnam39.Yester http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-773814.html Eating frog skin last night seems to have had a slightly dodgy effect and woke up feeling none too special but nothing serious. New place for breakfast Vietnamese Kitchen OK but full of westerners but wasn39t feeling too adventurous and trying to chase frog out of my thoughts Hop off nowAfter breakfast I explored a new pharmacy melatonin even cheaper there bought some P and th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-773260.html Walked over to ILA where Beth was finishing her afternoon session and she had a couple of trainees to talk to. Exited 4.50. Water Puppet show at 5 and at least a 10min taxi ride and at 5 the roads are starting to get megabusy. No taxi in sight We staked out a corner and found a Vinasun phew but were thinking we wouldn39t make it. So many scooters and the taxi had to force across a str http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-773109.html Info strangely I can always get facebook on my iphone here but sometimes not on my notebook in hotels. No idea why this should be and not clever enough to sort it out myself.Communal items available for use in public loos flipflops you sometimes have to leave your own shoes outside just put them on and don39t think about it too much and COMBS in case your hair is a mess eeeuw I thin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/District-1/blog-772782.html