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65 Reviews Dont go during TET, many places are closed and everyone goes home to their home town to be with family. Its a great happy time if you are vietnamese and are back home with your family but for tourist,...
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Arround the City Hanoi
36 Reviews The kids here are gorgeous . Always ready to say hello to us westerners. They have the most beautiful little faces. But before I took a photo I always asked the adult they were with if it was ok to do...
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Street life Ho Chi Minh City
22 Reviews Christmans in Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica The Christmans day all the people walk around the streets in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). But most of them are around the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica to...
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Out of Hanoi Hanoi
11 Reviews Dear friend, Kenh Ga is a 10km canal in Ninh Binh province - the South from Hanoi. It take about 2 and a half hours drive from Hanoi. There are not much atraction there, you just sit on a concreat...
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Sights Ho Chi Minh City
24 Reviews This tip goes for any city in Vietnam, try and go for a tour out in the countryside as this is where you see villages and people getting on with their daily lives......the further out....the...
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Cultural Tips Hanoi
12 Reviews Tet is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year marking the arrival of spring based on the Lunar calendar. It takes place from the first day of the...
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Local Life Ho Chi Minh City
29 Reviews If you really want to soak up local life and culture the best way to do this is walk! Most of the museums, tourist sights and markets are walking distance from one another and I really recommend...
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Architecture Hanoi
10 Reviews Hanoi, being the capitol of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is bedecked with scultptures from the school of socialist realism. For those, like me, who missed the heyday of communism in Europe, this...
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Transportation Ho Chi Minh City
10 Reviews Be careful if u are travelling to Ho Chi Minh... they will just simply rip off, snatch your money... especially transportation..... The cyclos especially....... Will never forget they threaten us.......
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Architecture Ho Chi Minh City
7 Reviews High Rise Buildings in Saigon District 7 and district 2 are the new construction and most rich places in Saigon. They are a lot of new High Rise Buildings there. Information Name: High Rise...
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Recently I used Saigontourist as reliable travel-agency; they arranged several tours and also a Mekong-Delta tour with a small group (I think, those tours leave daily) and also the Saigon-hotel at competitive prices. To be recommended !http://www.saigontourist.net/english/ Asia as it once must have been; hurry up, it won`t last long that way !
Hi , I can answer some of your Question $35 each way is huge especially as i was only paying $10 a night for a great room.When u walk out of the airport it is pretty crazy but there are the offical taxis there which will be far cheaper or u can share a shuttle and or the unoffical taxis whom u can bargain with and shop around. Also u can change inside the airport for some vietnamese dong so it wouldnt hurt to change and pay in dong and remember no way should u pay $35 even $20us for your taxi. Have a great trip and it will be hot!! chris As well i actually travelled by local bus from the airport it cost me $2000 dong ..nothing and was a great ride and they were helpful.
We used a number of agents during our Vietnam vacation: in HCMC we were very impressed with the professionalism of the budget travel agency Sinh Cafe (make sure it is the genuine one; check out http://www.sinhcafevn.com/AboutUs.asp).We did the 2-day Mekong Delta as well as Cao Dai/Cu Chi Tunnels with them. The guides were very approachable and knowledgeable. Provided water and snacks on the bus. The overnight tour included accommodation in an adequate hotel in Can Tho. Duc, the tour guide to Cao Dai/Cu Chi, even stopped the bus to allow us photos of rice paddies and Black Lady Mountain, which signifies the border with Cambodia. The bus is comfortable and air-conditioned. They even give you a nice blue t-shirt with Sinh Cafe logo on the front and map of Vietnam on the back! Bus departs from their HCMC offices in De Tham Street, which is the backpacker district and close to scores of...
This question is asked a lot on VT, in my opinion Vietnam is one of the safest place I have lived. The only trouble that you might have is someone pinching your bag, but then thats the same in just about any country in the world. Vietnam has a number of times been voted the safest country in the world.Be a little more cautious in Cambodia, again its getting thing nicked being the biggest problem.Jonny
Newly declassified US documents reaffirm that the then North Vietnam did not attack American warships in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf in 1964. The fabricated attack was used as a pretext by then president Lyndon Johnson to extend the war into northern Vietnam. The declassified report was made available by the National Security Agency that is responsible for much of the US's code breaking and eavesdropping.
I did this personally like most other travellers and found u need to be early ,about 7 am even though gates dont open till 9am. you will encounter the rudeness of the locals and chinese blatantly jumping the queue and before u know your place which was about 10 now is 50.theres is not much u can do,they ignore you,security guard turns a blind eye and u accept it.NOT ME.. i apologised to the other tourist and went straight into the front 10 again pushing my way past the culprits and ignoring the digs at me. |I had my flight booked and no way was i missing my visa allocation for later that day manners,queues and the false pretense of new local freinds.
Vietnam is actually the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, although it is not easy to see "real" socialism, there. It's a long and narrow country, heavily populated (about 85 million people) very varied and with many interesting sights: old cities, impressive monuments and museums, high mountains, pristine beaches and islands, slow peaceful rivers and even some sand dunes. What I liked best in Vietnam - sights aside - was seeing very little "real" poverty and beggars. While very few people are rich, the "poor" majority does not live in desperate conditions: although money is tight, most have a house to live in, and simple food to eat. I would say that most people, especially in the countryside, have a modest life but at least they also have the very basic to survive.
19 Jan 2007 Finally leaving ***ty HANOI!!!!!!!!!!!WOO HOO!!!!! Category: Travel and Places I was SO PISSED OFF when I got back from Halong Bay! My hotel promised me they would have a room for me when I got back, but they gave my room to someone else! When I asked them where else I could go, they just laughed and said, "I dont know"! How crap is that!!!??!!! That is unfortunaltely Hanoi way! I hope the rest of Vietnam isnt so ruthless! I am going to "Hue" tomorrow, which is one of the oldest cities in Vietnam. I designed a red velvet floor length jacket and went and got it tailormade today. I had to keep arguing with the shop lady to do it the way I wanted, because she kept saying, "I dont think it will look good like that." "I dont think you should have it like that, it will look strange" etc. I was getting SO ANNOYED! In the end when they finished the final product she said, "I didnt...
Vietnamese currency is Dong which comes out in paper bank notes. I used mainly 100.000, 50.000, 20.000, 10.000, 5.000, 2.000, 1.000 and 500 paper notes , but in some cases coins were given as well.In March 2007 the exchange rate was 1€= 21.000 Dongs. There was not black market and money were exchanged even in some cases in shops according to the official exchange rate.Euros and US$ are happily accepted. This was not always the case with Thai Baht.Do be careful. Dongs are made of some sort of slippery paper and it was very easy to count them wrongly... Of course Uncle Ho is in every note!!
It might help to know a little Vietnamese when you travel. It’s especially good when trying to bargain. Here area few helpful words, spelt phonically.sin chow- Hellobgam un (rising intonation on un)- Thank yousin loy- excuse me/sorrybow neo- how much?non lam- deliciousdack wa- expensivezay hon- Cheaper
Park Hyatt Saigon Ho Chi Minh City
5 Reviews and 438 Opinions All rooms offer pool of City views with full luxury amenities. As true sense 5- Star hotel, it is...
Hanoi Elegance 2 Hanoi
5 Reviews and 712 Opinions I booked our family sized room for 2 adults and our teenage daughter direct with the hotel from...
Victoria Hoi An Resort Hoi An
4 Reviews and 444 Opinions It's worth the money to stay and enjoy the beach like in Victoria Hoi An. Price from 150$++ public...
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Q: could someone please help? where can i buy ao dai (preferably well made and silk) for my grand-daughters, they are only 2-3...
A: Loads of places in both cities to buy Ao Dai either already made or to measure. For the small extra cost, have them made to measure and take the mesurements before going...
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