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We Won't Miss Saigon
(Feb 23 '06)
We Won’t Miss Saigon.
Vietnam
Fast facts:
*Written language doesn't use Chinese style script. It had until the 17th century when it was rewritten, using the Roman alphabet, now adopted ...
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Through the Mekong to the Old City of Saigon
(Apr 18 '06)
"Avoiding motorbikes galore on a cyclo tour"
The drive from Chau Doc to Ho Chi Min City (better known as Saigon) was wonderful. Everyone in Vietnam lives either along the road or the river, so we got to ...
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Scenic Saigon
(Jan 27 '06)
"They gave us luck money while we played charades and mimed going to the toilet."
Arrived at Customs on the border of Vietnam/Cambodia where dodgy men dressed like officials tried to make us pay for the ...
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Arrived into Saigon at 530am! We were both whacked as hadn't slept at all! When we got off the train a wall of heat hit us- geez was it humid! We ended up getting cyclos (a bike with a ...
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Vietnam - Hue, Nah Trang, Mui Ne & Saigon
(Nov 25 '06)
"For starter there was deep fried scorpion..."
We took the sleeper train to Hue. We spent the first day sightseeing on foot and in a cylco (a bike taxi) which included a tour of the ancient city, an ...
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Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City: Don't Miss Saigon
(Mar 30 '07)
"Many parts of the tunnels are so small that the Vietnamese had to crawl through the tunnels on their stomachs, elbows and knees"
Into Saigon we went, and the ever present mopeds were still plaguing the place like some kind of angry bees (we witnessed a new record seeing a tall ...
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Worst Haircut In Saigon
(Jul 18 '06)
Ho Chi Minh City or Siagon as it used to be.. Not the sprawling metropolis i imagined. It sprawls, it's a metropolis but there are lots of bits of greenary and it is smaller ...
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Ho Chi Min (Saigon), Vietnã
(Jul 05 '06)
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Dia 14 – 5 de Julho
Chegando em Saigon
Viagem para Hoi Chi Min, antiga Saigon - Vietnã, ...
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Boat and Island hopping in the Mekong Delta
(Jan 22 '07)
Jan 22/07
I went on a day-tour of the Mekong Delta today. Every bus I've taken here has the same "handy" system where you get picked up at your hotel for tours or bus trips. It usually goes ...
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Recent Blogs for Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Miss Saigon? Probably not
(Aug 23 '08)
"...the chairs look like they belong on the set of "The Brady Bunch.""
If I had to pick one activity that summarized our time in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), or Saigon as some still call it, it would have to ...
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Checking out South Vietnam
(Aug 21 '08)
"'Can we get a certificate for every street we successfully cross?'"
After our bus ride of TERROR, we opted to spend our first day in Ho Chi Minh exploring the city. After unsuccessfully negotiating ...
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One can only begin the Vietnam portion of our journey with the bus ride that took us from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City. The interior appeared ...
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