Discovering Sài Gòn by bus

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April 6th 2013

Published: April 6th 2013

I left my motorbike in Hanoi and went south with my backpack and a heavy bag two months ago. As I don’t have my own motorbike in Sài Gòn, I have to take a bus and sometimes I use a motorbike taxi. Sài Gòn is a very large city with many districts and the city continues to be expanded. For the people living in Sài Gòn, it doesn’t matter for them to travel 10-20km to their working places ev... Read Full Entry

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Bùi Viện street, District 1

Western backpackers area

Outside Notre Dame cathedral

A couple is taking wedding photos.

Thảo Cầm Viên zoo park

A bar in the western backpackers area

Rhino at Thảo Cầm Viên zoo park

Kim cafe office on Đề Thám street, District 1

Tourists are booking tours. I went on two tours with this agent.

"Xe buýt" means bus

A bus stop without board, just painting right on the road - I've never seen this anywhere but only in Sài Gòn.

Hồ Chí Minh campaign museum

Thảo Cầm Viên zoo park

View from the train going around the park

A bar in the western backpackers area

Green bus and blue bus on a street

Miền Đông bus station

This is the biggest bus station of Vietnam. Buses from this station go to eastern and northern provinces. To visit provinces in the Mekong Delta, you have to go to Miền Tây bus station.

Thảo Cầm Viên zoo park

A bus stop in District

A bar in District 1

Train going around Thảo Cầm Viên zoo park

Children place at a park in District 1

Thảo Cầm Viên zoo park

On a street in Sài Gòn - District 1

The center area of the city

The building in the middle with lotus shape is the highest building of the city. You can see them from every direction.

7th April 2013

Violets
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I love the buses in Saigon too
Great blog. I also love to get buses in Saigon and see where they go. There's one, maybe no 7? That goes a long way through several districts to a can al where you can catch a car ferry across the water.

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