Our journey to Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon) was one I'd rather forget! The look of sheer horror on the Cabin Crew's face when 30 minutes into the flight, the thick grey clouds outside continued to throw the plane in every direction except, it felt, the way we wanted to go! Thankfully, however, we arrived in Saigon in one piece ready to embrace life on the road, Vietnam style.... ..."Thank you for travelling Tiger Airways, we hope to welcome you on board again soon...." Not a chance! I am struggling to put down in words what greeted us as we exited the sanctuary of the airport and headed into the city by taxi. The Lonely Planet has Saigon down as a city which "fumes, ferments, bubbles and churns." They aren't far wrong - motorbikes, mopeds,
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