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| Map of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam |
Total expenses incurred (3 days): 1,192,000vnd + US$22 =US$78.50 (Rm258)
Hotel (Long Hostel) : US$11 x 2 = US$22
Food: 276,000vnd
Entrance fee: 15,000vnd (War Remanent Museum) + 15,000vnd (Ho Chi Minh Museum) + 30,000vnd (Independence Palace) = 60,000vnd
Airport shuttle bus (No 152) : 10,000 x 2 = 20,000vnd (Airport>Ho Chi Minh city + HCM city>Airport)
Train: 761,000vnd (Saigon>Hue)
Bus: US$11 (Ho Chi Minh city>Phnom Penh)
Taxi: 50,000vnd (Hotel>Saigon train station) + 25,000vnd (Saigon train station>Hotel) = 75,000vnd
Hotel (Long Hostel) : US$11 x 2 = US$22
Food: 276,000vnd
Entrance fee: 15,000vnd (War Remanent Museum) + 15,000vnd (Ho Chi Minh Museum) + 30,000vnd (Independence Palace) = 60,000vnd
Airport shuttle bus (No 152) : 10,000 x 2 = 20,000vnd (Airport>Ho Chi Minh city + HCM city>Airport)
Train: 761,000vnd (Saigon>Hue)
Bus: US$11 (Ho Chi Minh city>Phnom Penh)
Taxi: 50,000vnd (Hotel>Saigon train station) + 25,000vnd (Saigon train station>Hotel) = 75,000vnd
1) Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2) Ga Saigon (Train Station), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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| Saigon train station |
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| 17.5 hr train ride from Saigon to Hue |
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| Air-conditioned, TV & soft seat |
3) Saigon Traffic - horrendous but a terrific experience !
4) Notre Dame Cathedral, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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| Built in 1877 - am I in Paris ? |
5) Ho Chi Minh City Hall, Vietnam
6) Ho Chi Minh Monument, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
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| Uncle of the Vietnamese People (1890-1969) |
7) People's Council & People's Committee Building, 86, Le Thanh Ton Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
8) Union Square, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
9) Ben Thanh Market, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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| Ben Thanh Market - Built in 1914 |
10) Walkabout (Day & Night) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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| Parkson Departmental Store Malaysian owned |
11) Museum of Ho Chi Minh City (Revolutionary Museum), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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| built in 1886 - amazing building |
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| the anti colonial movement by activists |
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| the communist struggle for power |
12) Independence Palace, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
13) War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
14) US armored vehicles, infantry weapons, planes, helicopters on display outside of the museum
14) Artillery pieces, bombs, shells & mines on display inside of the museum
15) Tiger cages in exhibition
16) Photos of war correspondents & photographers died during the Vietnam war
17) Highlights of pictures & photos taken during the Vietnam war
18) Pictures of deformed children caused by the widespread use of chemical herbicides
19) Vietnamese death caused by the Vietnam war
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| 58,000 US troops died during the Vietnam war |
20) Statements made by relevant authorities on the Vietnam war
Long Hostel, 373/10 Pham Ngu Lao St, Ho Chi Minh City
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| 15 mins walk from the Ben Thanh market - not a Long walk |
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| lots of hostels for you to choose along the Pham Ngu Lao St |
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| US$22 for a standard twin private en suite |
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| free breakfast - banana crepe & coffee |
) Happy hours - grab a beer or coffee & let's chat till the wee hours
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| If you're tired, just relax & enjoy a local beer or coffee |
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| Bia College in HCM City |
) Tasty Vietnamese Food & Drink - just eat & eat; drink & drink (a cool beer, please - you will end up as a professional beer drinker when in Vietnam) !
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| Drink until you walk like a mud crab ! |
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| Pho for breakfast, lunch & dinner ? |
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| US$2.30 for a hot Pho beef noodle |
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| US$2.40 for a bowl of beef ball Pho rice noodle |
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| US$3.80 - 2 spring rolls & pork chop |
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| US$1.50 - mixed rice with vege & frog meat |
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| US$4.50 for this dinner vegetable meal for 2 |
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| US$7 for 3 plates of rice rolls & pork paste |
Mobile food vendors - street food nicely prepared for you, very appetizing
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| US$0.75 for a Banh Mi |
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