Backpacker Zone

Told you it was a dump

Ho Chi Minh City - We won't 'Miss Saigon'

September 4th 2010
Saturday, 4th September On our latest train we noted that the Blue Sky completely ripped us off. Citing yesterday's celebrations as a reason that they had to buy our ticket on the black market, they got us hard sleepers instead of soft. When we broached the subject of the price on the tickets being less than a fraction of what we paid the best our flustered host would do was offer us a tax ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

Message Follow (0) Comment

Chris Bull/Hayley Spencer

BullyandSpence

Tii nih mian niak jeh phiasaa awngle te? Oooo it's started already. The culture is flowing through our veins like the Human Bot-fly larvae will be in just a matter of days. Hello and welcome to our vivid and often exaggerated account of our trip across the World. Signed off from work and with so many holes in our arms that we look like human sprinkler systems when we have a drink, we set off on April 7th 2010 due to rotate back to the real World in October of the same year. We've both had our boozy trips to Australia, now for something a little more adult (and hopefully a little less ra... full info

Joined	March 30th 2010	Trips	1
Last Login	March 19th 2013	Followers	0
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	0
Blogs	55	Guestbook	29
Photos	543	Forum Posts	0

[photo=6034696]

[blogger=157646]

[photo=6034696]

[blog=594238]

[blogger=157646]

Top Photos Trips (1)Blog Map

Tot: 0.024s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 4; qc: 6; dbt: 0.0076s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb