Ho Chi Minh City - Anything to recommend?

[Green_carnation]

thx for the info bro...

[Garlic]

Cat walk.

[Garlic]

The war museum is pretty interesting.

 

Don't miss the cu chi tunnels, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu_Chi_Tunnels

 

Pubs close at 12am.

 

Its safer crossing the roads blind-folded.

[Garlic]

Stayed at New World Saigon, http://www.newworldsaigon.com/, about 5mins walk from Ben Thanh market, there is also a night market which sells mainly cloths.

 

There is another market at china town, forgot its name.

 

Spent 1/2 a day traveling to the Mekong Delta, nothing fantastic, just loads of palm trees and dragon fruits.

[Green_carnation]

dangerous traffic!

[Altivo]

stay in district 1 lah

 

 

go visit:

 

1) Ben Thanh Market - day n nite mkt

2) Grand post office to take pictures

3) Notre Dame church to take pictures

4) War Remnants Museum - must go. U will see the vietnam war from another perspective. BTW, they call it the American War

5) Day trip to Cu Chi tunnels - must go

6) Day trip to mekong delta - be amaze how the breadth of the river is longer than SIN from north to south!

7) Roof top bar of Caravelle Hotel - nice view of the city which doesnt seem to sleep

8) Hard Rock Cafe ho chi minh city - not sure if it's still around. Well technically, this place is not the real mccoy. It's a pirated one. But it seem so authentic and it's very popular with tourists.

 

There u go.... have fun. And enjoy beo-ing the vietnam girls in their ao-dai!!! So chio and slim!!!

[Garlic]

Gals there all sim sim one, pek pek kut kut.

 

 

I realised something on the second day, just cross the damn road and the bikes will automatically avoid you.

[Sabian]

Dun bother changing to USD.

 

If u have USD in hand, bring it along. If not, bring SGD. Dun go thru 2 rounds of foreign exchange

Change your notes at the bank. Exchange rates is competitive for SGD at banks and money changer.

 

Ask for VND100,000 notes (Green). If u use the 500,000 notes, problem is when u get change, u may get real dirty small notes or fake notes.

 

Exchange rate: 1SGD= 12400VND. 1USD=16850VND.

 

At this moment, the official fixed rate for the VND/USD overvalues the VND so u get less if u change from SGD to USD.

[Garlic]

white and a little see tru'.

 

URGH.

[Altivo]

yes!!!!! u forgot to say it's tight tight with a slit near your waist!

[Altivo]

forgot to mention.... go to Pho 2000 to eat the beef glass noodle. There is one near Ben Thanh Market. Bill Clinton last time got go there eat before

[Green_carnation]

Wow.. very detailed recommendation All these should be able to cover in 3 days?

[Green_carnation]

Interesting.. probably i could try the stunt too.. but hv to pray they avoid me fast enuf

[Garlic]

Let me go search my HDD, I think I still have some pics.

[Altivo]

oh... 3 days only??? then u got to decide which one to choose leow...

 

1) Ben Thanh Market - day n nite mkt - at most 2 hours

2) Grand post office to take pictures - 15 mins

3) Notre Dame church to take pictures - 15 mins

4) War Remnants Museum - must go. U will see the vietnam war from another perspective. BTW, they call it the American War - 2-3 hours

5) Day trip to Cu Chi tunnels - must go - 1 full day (morning to evening)

6) Day trip to mekong delta - be amaze how the breadth of the river is longer than SIN from north to south! - 1 full day (morning to evening)

7) Roof top bar of Caravelle Hotel - nice view of the city which doesnt seem to sleep - i went almost every nite

8) Hard Rock Cafe ho chi minh city - not sure if it's still around. Well technically, this place is not the real mccoy. It's a pirated one. But it seem so authentic and it's very popular with tourists. - 1 hour plus

[Green_carnation]

oooh.. thanks for the info bro.. will take note of these

[Garlic]

Except for the cu chi tunnels and mekong delta which requires 1/2 day of traveling each, the rest are all within the city.

[Altivo]

good luck!!

 

gotta sleep leow.. nite