After a few hiccups getting to Tullamarine (Mary got lost a couple of times as her son was was unfamiliar with Melbourne and the car also broke down in the airport carpark!) we depart Australia on a late night AirAsiaX flight to KL. The flight was fine and the Airbus looks in pretty good nick. [...]
The landing in Saigon is smooth much to Mary’s liking. The airport’s international terminal looks to have had some more improvements since our last visit. Its a very modern complex – clear, spacious and fresh. It certainly aids a newby coming into the country for the first time. Very impressive and makes the waiting throng [...]
The previous day had been very long. With the break in KL our travel from Melbourne to Saigon had taken some 18 hours. We rested well in the guesthouse and the location of Vy Khanh in the back alleyways meant that we were well screened from the noise of Saigon. The guesthouse is located in [...]
Saigontourist welcomed more than 1,000 travelers on the Costa Classica cruise ship that docked in Ho Chi Minh City on February 16. As scheduled, after arriving in Halong, visitors will visit Halong Bay, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage, with many beautiful sites including the Hon Cho Da (Stone Dog Rock), Cong Troi (Heaven Gate Rock), Hon [...]
Leaving Phnom Phen (was a bit of a struggle as Carl had came down with what is known as The Backpacker Bug. However we stocked up with Imodium) we set sail upon our little cruise boat that would take us down the Mekong River and into Vietnam. It was a great alternative and far more [...]
Saigon is a city on the move in all respects. The city roads are clogged with a mass of motorbikes and scooters. Crossing the busy roads is challenging to say the least as the bikes and scooters appear from all directions and appear to have no regard for the traffic lights. The city is also [...]
OK so its been awhile so a bit to catch up on! So on our last day in Hanoi we went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where the body of Ho Chi Minh or Uncle Ho is kept. We rocked up and the line to get in was massive just hundreds and hundreds of [...]
Since the beginning of this year, HCMC has welcomed 320,000 foreign visitors, up 15% compared to the same period last year. Besides, about 4,000 Vietnamese people have travelled to other countries through HCMC during the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), an increase of 10% over last year. The city’s tourism destinations have also attracted more [...]
Walking out of the Vietnam airport @ 9 am, pretty “out of it” and unaware of what I am about to walk into, the first thing I see is a mother shoving her young child onto the curb of the street as he pees openly in public. That is when I woke up: I am [...]
More than 200 photos, documentaries and objects featuring the establishment and development of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) are on display at the Hanoi-based Ho Chi Minh Museum. The exhibition, which was opened on January 7, is designed to welcome the upcoming 11th National Party Congress, slated for January 12-19, and the 81st founding [...]
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