Saigon is the biggest city I have ever seen in my life. It is a huge, sprawling and insanely busy metropolis that is completely different to hanoi and Northern Vietnam in so many ways. Arriving into Saigon in the evening we got our first taste of what this city was all about. With cars and bikes everywhere, neon lining every street, a plethora of bars, stalls, shops and people wherever you looked and a different, more industrial and more Western, vibe than Hanoi had had. We headed for the tourist center and booked into an expensive and grotty guesthouse, after having been shown a number of more expensive and even grottier ones already! We found Sarah (also in the same guesthouse) and hit the town for dinner and drinks, where we bumped into friends we had
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