| SAIGON |
Ho Chi Minh City
Tan Son Nhut Airport
Code: SGN
The airport is situated four miles (7km) from Ho
Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Tan Son Nhut Airport
Code: SGN
The airport is situated four miles (7km) from Ho
Chi Minh City (Saigon)
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Saigon |
| Ho Chi Minh City |
| Finca Fantastica Travel for the independent traveller |
Welcome To Vietnam -
Budget Travel Paradise
By Dwight Zimpel
Vietnam is becoming a very popular travel
destination. People have put Vietnam on their
itinerary for 2 main reasons: Vietnam travel is a
great bargain for the budget minded tourist and
when they arrive in Vietnam they are greeted by
great hosts.
Airfares to Vietnam are bargains if you shop. You
can be in Ho Chi Minh City (known as Saigon to the
Vietnamese in the south) from the west coast of the
United States in less than 19 hours and this
includes a 1 ½ hour layover.
Domestic transportation is cheap! An open tour bus
ticket from Saigon to Hanoi costs less than $30.00
and your get to see some of the greatest scenery
imaginable. Don’t want to take the bus?
Comfortable trains and fast planes are available. A
two hour flight from Saigon to Hanoi is about
$100.00.
Tourist hotels are cheap and inviting. The staffs are
helpful and courteous. You can travel from town to
town with out a reservation and always find
suitable lodging.
As mentioned earlier the scenery is fabulous – misty
mountains to lush green rice paddies to sunny
beaches. Vietnam is home to 5 UNESCO World
Heritage Sites, including Halong Bay. Bring 2
cameras – you’ll probably wear one out.
I have saved the best for last. The Vietnamese
cuisine is awesome. Most restaurants still get their
daily fares fresh from the local market. Fresh herbs,
spices, vegetables and local meat make for great
meals. Seafood and chicken dishes are specialties,
together with those made from pork and beef.
Vietnamese food is light and flavorful at the same
time. Oriental and a bit of French influence create
the right mixture for the Western palate.
Don’t hesitate to put Vietnam in your travel plans.
You won’t be sorry. And you won’t forget.
Dwight Zimpel, Your Vietnam Tour Guide, is a
Vietnam Veteran and has made 5 recent trips to
Vietnam. He has lived in the Middle East and
traveled the world for the past 20 years.Article
Source
Budget Travel Paradise
By Dwight Zimpel
Vietnam is becoming a very popular travel
destination. People have put Vietnam on their
itinerary for 2 main reasons: Vietnam travel is a
great bargain for the budget minded tourist and
when they arrive in Vietnam they are greeted by
great hosts.
Airfares to Vietnam are bargains if you shop. You
can be in Ho Chi Minh City (known as Saigon to the
Vietnamese in the south) from the west coast of the
United States in less than 19 hours and this
includes a 1 ½ hour layover.
Domestic transportation is cheap! An open tour bus
ticket from Saigon to Hanoi costs less than $30.00
and your get to see some of the greatest scenery
imaginable. Don’t want to take the bus?
Comfortable trains and fast planes are available. A
two hour flight from Saigon to Hanoi is about
$100.00.
Tourist hotels are cheap and inviting. The staffs are
helpful and courteous. You can travel from town to
town with out a reservation and always find
suitable lodging.
As mentioned earlier the scenery is fabulous – misty
mountains to lush green rice paddies to sunny
beaches. Vietnam is home to 5 UNESCO World
Heritage Sites, including Halong Bay. Bring 2
cameras – you’ll probably wear one out.
I have saved the best for last. The Vietnamese
cuisine is awesome. Most restaurants still get their
daily fares fresh from the local market. Fresh herbs,
spices, vegetables and local meat make for great
meals. Seafood and chicken dishes are specialties,
together with those made from pork and beef.
Vietnamese food is light and flavorful at the same
time. Oriental and a bit of French influence create
the right mixture for the Western palate.
Don’t hesitate to put Vietnam in your travel plans.
You won’t be sorry. And you won’t forget.
Dwight Zimpel, Your Vietnam Tour Guide, is a
Vietnam Veteran and has made 5 recent trips to
Vietnam. He has lived in the Middle East and
traveled the world for the past 20 years.Article
Source
The Vietnamese Shop
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Saigon Strolling Tours in Vietnam
By Fred Tittle
Really not the best city for walking it is better for
strolling so you can save your strength for when you
have to cross a major street where the lights don’t
say “Walk” they say instead “Run For Your Life”! but
if you plan your trip right you can minimize the street
crossings especially in the downtown center as there
is a ton of stuff to look at and to poke around inside
which is a good thing as it gets really hot here in the
noon day sun.
The Ben Than market is just such a place where you
take your life into your hands getting to it, if you are
on the wrong side of the street as there is a
tremendous circle that is buzzing with traffic, this
should not be attempted by the meek. Inside you will
find the usual tourist trap junk but there are also
some very interesting things to find if you poke
around a bit like the glass sellers stall. I was stuck
here for 5 minutes which with my MTV attention span
is a lifetime. Fascinating glass dolls with such detail
all glistening and sparkling under the bright lights.
The Vietnamese like the Chinese like to eat some
very interesting stuff, I like trying to guess what it
was when it was still animated.
The Carevelle and Rex hotels both of these hotels go
back to the French colonial time and like the Raffles
hotels you can feel the history seeping out of the
walls, a good choice for a drink is the rooftop Saigon
bar of the Carevelle.
Between the Carevelle and the Rex is a small park
inside you will find a statue for Ho Chi Minh. Also all
around this area in just about any direction you go
you are going to run into a landmark like the
reunification museum the Post office the old city hall
and the historical museum which covers all of
Vietnam's history which is quite a lot they been
around for a long time.
You should also stroll over to Bu Vien street which is
where the backpackers hang out it is a bit of a walk
from the downtown core but the street scene here is
very interesting with the 10 ft wide buildings very
interesting to view during the day take a walk
through one of the blocks and like cruising around
the hutongs areas of Beijing you are going to see
real Saigon at its best I highly recommend the street
side café just remember don’t drink it after 10 am or
you will be up all night!
Fred Tittle has lived and worked in holiday vacation
resorts his entire life, from Lake Geneva’s Playboy
Club, as a rock jock for KSPN FM in Aspen Colorado,
he became a PADI Pro Scuba Diver in Hawaii, diving
on Maui, Kauai, Kona on the big island, and Waikiki
on Oahu. He now owns EcoSea Dive in Sihanoukville
Cambodia where he teaches SSI and PADI scuba
diving courses and runs liveaboards in the gulf of
Thailand and Asia adventure tours, http://www.
ecosea.com
Fred’s new project http://www.CheapCharliesHotels.
com where he reviews cheap hotels, budget
guesthouses, discount accommodations and cheap
international flights, but is really an excuse to go
scuba diving on vacation more, Fred is in Beijing
China with Xiamen China the next stop.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?
expert=Fred_Tittle
http://EzineArticles.com/?Saigon-Strolling-Tours-in-
Vietnam&id=761963
By Fred Tittle
Really not the best city for walking it is better for
strolling so you can save your strength for when you
have to cross a major street where the lights don’t
say “Walk” they say instead “Run For Your Life”! but
if you plan your trip right you can minimize the street
crossings especially in the downtown center as there
is a ton of stuff to look at and to poke around inside
which is a good thing as it gets really hot here in the
noon day sun.
The Ben Than market is just such a place where you
take your life into your hands getting to it, if you are
on the wrong side of the street as there is a
tremendous circle that is buzzing with traffic, this
should not be attempted by the meek. Inside you will
find the usual tourist trap junk but there are also
some very interesting things to find if you poke
around a bit like the glass sellers stall. I was stuck
here for 5 minutes which with my MTV attention span
is a lifetime. Fascinating glass dolls with such detail
all glistening and sparkling under the bright lights.
The Vietnamese like the Chinese like to eat some
very interesting stuff, I like trying to guess what it
was when it was still animated.
The Carevelle and Rex hotels both of these hotels go
back to the French colonial time and like the Raffles
hotels you can feel the history seeping out of the
walls, a good choice for a drink is the rooftop Saigon
bar of the Carevelle.
Between the Carevelle and the Rex is a small park
inside you will find a statue for Ho Chi Minh. Also all
around this area in just about any direction you go
you are going to run into a landmark like the
reunification museum the Post office the old city hall
and the historical museum which covers all of
Vietnam's history which is quite a lot they been
around for a long time.
You should also stroll over to Bu Vien street which is
where the backpackers hang out it is a bit of a walk
from the downtown core but the street scene here is
very interesting with the 10 ft wide buildings very
interesting to view during the day take a walk
through one of the blocks and like cruising around
the hutongs areas of Beijing you are going to see
real Saigon at its best I highly recommend the street
side café just remember don’t drink it after 10 am or
you will be up all night!
Fred Tittle has lived and worked in holiday vacation
resorts his entire life, from Lake Geneva’s Playboy
Club, as a rock jock for KSPN FM in Aspen Colorado,
he became a PADI Pro Scuba Diver in Hawaii, diving
on Maui, Kauai, Kona on the big island, and Waikiki
on Oahu. He now owns EcoSea Dive in Sihanoukville
Cambodia where he teaches SSI and PADI scuba
diving courses and runs liveaboards in the gulf of
Thailand and Asia adventure tours, http://www.
ecosea.com
Fred’s new project http://www.CheapCharliesHotels.
com where he reviews cheap hotels, budget
guesthouses, discount accommodations and cheap
international flights, but is really an excuse to go
scuba diving on vacation more, Fred is in Beijing
China with Xiamen China the next stop.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?
expert=Fred_Tittle
http://EzineArticles.com/?Saigon-Strolling-Tours-in-
Vietnam&id=761963