Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

We traveled to Ho Chi Minh City A.K.A Saigon at 1pm today, by none other then out favourite bus company, Mai Linh Express!...All is forgiven however we got on a coach this time with fine big seats and nice headrests all for the bargain price of $4.

Arrived in HCMC (Saigon) 4 Hours later, there was a barrage of Taxi men at the bus trying to get our business I had read online that there is only 2 companies that won't rip you off, Mai Linh Express Taxi and Vinasun, we went through the crowd of taxi's and saw a Mai Linh Taxi at the side and grabbed him for our 10km journey to the city centre, the roads are absolutely crazy, thousands of scooters and bikes everywhere with some close shaves with them and our car.

We arrived at Bien Vuie which is the backpacker part of town and the street is full of hotels, boutique art galleries (Oil painting for $15) and Souvenir shops, these shops don't sell the usual tacky keyrings and junk but some tasteful stuff, If I wasn't going around the world I'd fill my bags with the stuff.

I got my long overdue haircut, which hasn't been cut in 3 months! I'd so much hair I nearly broke the poor guys razor.

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