So what can I say about this place, Ho Chi Minh City (otherwise abbreviated as TP.HCMC for the more factually obsessed). Well, for a start I thought it was shit. I’d just come from a really laid back and chilled out beach resort, after a great trip through mountains and rainforest and I was greeted with one of the biggest cities in the World. A bustling (but fit to burst), crowded, polluted, dis-organised, over-priced hovel of a city, or at least that’s my lasting impression of it. I thought I’d give it the benefit of the doubt on my arrival and after checking in went for some food at a Lonely Planet recommendation, courtesy of Carine. The food was great, although I can’t remember the name of the place unfortunately. That night I had arranged to
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