63 ReviewsWhen go to Ho Chi Minh city, I find a local travel service to book cheap transportation and hotel. Name of travel agent is Hoang Dinh Travel , i find out this website in internet...
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In a letter dated July 22, 1964, I wrote:
At present I am still in Saigon, living in an air-conditioned hotel and generally having a good time. I have bought some books and dictionaries and am...
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My eighth visit to Saigon was from April 23-26, 1965. I stayed in the Dong Khanh Hotel again, and I remember that I went swimming several times at an outdoor pool that belonged to a formerly very...
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In a letter dated July 17, 1964, I wrote:
I am now ca. 31,000 ft. over the South China Sea, en route from the Philippines to Vietnam. We are supposed to land in Saigon in about an hour.
The...
16 ReviewsThis 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...
4 ReviewsNeither in the Cholon (Chinese) District found I the nice old atmosphere I was waiting for. Only in a few corners (like this) you could find the old charming architecture I though was so...
as other VTers answered, dist. 1 and backpacker area are the same place. as for the latter question, I would say Bangkok and HCMC, are pretty much alike in cultures. I mean there is a reason why they are both in ASEAN group along with other countries in South East Asia. The agricultural countries share some part of their cultures because of the agricultural land. But, no cities are alike. Bangkok, as I recall from my trip 3 years ago, was close to HCMC, except that they seemed more open minded when it comes to 'taboos' issues like prostitution, sex industry and such. there were parts of cities that my young friends did not want to wander because of the above reasons. For party lovers, of course Bangkok is paradise especially all bars and clubs in thailand is non smoking area. bangkok is not having that bad traffic, less trouble in crossing streets and a little cleaner and less populated....
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