Viet Nam: road trip of sunshine dust (2)

(Ii) Ho Chi Minh City-East of Paris

From Guangzhou to Ho Chi Minh City flight, not many people have a lot of Viet Nam and Chinese. Riding is Viet Nam flights. Entered the engine room, if you do not see the garment, you do not see that Viet Nam and the Chinese people's differences. The stewardess wore Viet Nam's national costume, a bit of a learning Chinese cheongsam, long sleeves, trousers and also lengthen outside skirt. Starting to feel a bit strange. To Viet Nam, just know this kind of clothing is of wearing them middle school girls, just white. Long-sleeved zichang trousers for Sun protection. Viet Nam woman riding a motorcycle, wear this dress, belt tip bucket bamboo hat, also use a towel wrap the whole face, in order to prevent sunburn. Viet Nam Sun very ill. Our ten days there, every day the Sun blazing, came back close to the African people of color.

Aircraft flight by 2 hours, arrived in Saigon. Due to the time difference, the province an hour. 4: 15PM aircraft taking off, to Ho chi minh city's local time is 5: 30pm. The aircraft down, see the Delta of the Mekong rivers. There are a lot of good.

Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon

Now the Westerners call it SAIGON. The locals but for old town called SAIGON. from the airport, for $ 100, Viet Nam shield more so I don't know how to count: 1455300VND. Many TAXI drivers waiting at the door. Go to PHAN NGO LAO street price 6USD. I bought in Beijing, also home of the Guide, and drivers really willing to USD4. From the airport to Lao, discover Phan Ngo SAIGON is a bit of a Westernized, 3 layer of French small buildings, yellow walls, the road is wide, very relaxed in a city. The Phan Ngo Lao Street, immediately lively. This is the focus of independent travelers Saigon, compared to Nepal with a full scale of Thamel are larger, but hilarious. most popular is Detham Street, Sinh Café Office in the small streets. There are a lot of family hotel/Tour Café, and small restaurants. Miss most is our hotel Vinh Guest House next to the juice bakeries, 3000VND a large glass of freshly squeezed juice, 1000VND a pastry.

Phan Ngo Lao's family hotel not expensive, very clean. With air conditioning and telephone bathroom a small bed of a large bed Standard Room 8-12USD. without air conditioning in the 6-8USD. If more than one bed, a bed in 1-3 USD.

Detham Street is a transversal streets, in addition to the tour agents, guest house, there are many other things, Western restaurant, fresh juice store, call sweep by motorcycle, taxi, occasionally evening or morning to OPEN TOUR tourism tourist BUS, sit back, hit the push scooters CYCLO, hawking full MOTORCYCLES & CYCLES of taxi shop, pushing a cart of street traffic in hawker, pick a Viet Nam Viet Nam Snack basket selling, holding a big basket of French bread, holding a large base of pirated travel book Shuttle in the small restaurant patrons between marketing, holding a shoe at the table next to find Sassafras dirty shoes shoe Guide by child leaning on a blind old canes beg, fluffy hair with oil pants and ear slippers back a small backpack travel alone, or alone or third or second sexy only a bra and short Gallery of Western women tourists. In addition to the night, at any other time of DETHAM STREET are hilarious. The day of the Sun is very poisonous, but still bustling streets. To the evening, the café shop will all face the street direction stool placed, has filled the sidewalks, even on the motor road, shops, waiter, and lots of tourists, are facing the street, sitting down, like a glass of fruit juice or beer, as in a movie or show, like watching through the scenery.