Schlagwort: Ho Chi Minh City
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See you later, Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City Sông Sài Gòn is the original name of the Saigon river flowing through HCMC. Before already leaving the country again we were curios to see if HCMC’s port resembles Hamburg at least a bit. We quickly realized that the port area itself is not reachable by foot so we made the…
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Rooftop pool and other perks
The rooftop pool with its stunning infinity view is open until 10:00 pm. We thought the chance would be great to get some pics of Ho Chi Minh City by night. At 09:57 pm we we done taking pictures, unlucky they already closed the door. Well, descending the outer stairwell was not an option, so…
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Exploring Ho Chi Minh City
Today we had a look at the city zoo which was called Botanical Garden – all in all no different animals than in a regular European zoo and I often start to pity these poor animals when seeing them behind bars in their tiny habitat. This time, it’s no different and I start to wonder…
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The first glance of Vietnam – arrival in Saigon
Ouch, getting up at 09:00 am is really hard given the jetlag! The hotel offers sushi for breakfast, amongst regular European-like choices. The French influence is still all present and the croissants are really not bad at all. Breakfast was included in the rate so you don’t have to worry about going out looking for…
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Finally, arriving in Vietnam
AB4110 (Etihad), from AUH to SGN As this is my first trip to Asia (I don’t count in those family trips to Turkey when I was younger) it feels strange to arrive in the evening (07:00 pm) after a long-haul. Normally I would now need to kill almost an entire day. This time I am…