Vietnam: Nha Trang
We arrived in Nha Trang on the overnight train from Ho Chi Minh City. We pulled in at 5am so it was a while before we could check in. My first thoughts were that we would head to the beach and relax there til the […]
We arrived in Nha Trang on the overnight train from Ho Chi Minh City. We pulled in at 5am so it was a while before we could check in. My first thoughts were that we would head to the beach and relax there til the […]
Ho Chi Minh City is a vast, crazy city with loads going on. Here’s a few tips and recommendations we have put together from our trip. 1. If you want a nice, cheap private room, stay at the Vinh Chung Hotel in the District 1 […]
We got to our final day in HCMC and went back to the place we found closed on our first day: The Reunification Palace (aka Independence Palace). It was originally constructed as the home for the French Governer of Indochina and following World War Two […]
On our second day in Ho Chi Minh City we took a trip out to the Cu Chi Tunnels. We booked through our hotel, Vinh Chung Hotel (excellent hotel btw, with really kind helpful staff) and it was 100,000 vnd ($5) each for the return […]
Our journey through Vietnam is from South to North and we kicked things off in the largest city, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). It is a huge heaving Metropolis and home to 10 million people so to say it is busy is a bit […]
We had to book another bus from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City. We also needed visas for Vietnam. For quite a few places you can do these things through your accommodation but ours couldn’t do this. Fortunately the well known Mad Monkey hostel […]