Guesthouse Name: Mai Vy Guest House Address: 241/12 Pham Ngu Lao, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam I stayed at the Mai Vy Guest House in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I booked it online for $12.78 USD for one night. This guesthouse is in the backpacker area of Saigon where you can still […]
Bun Cha Obama: visiting the restaurant that Obama and Bourdain ate at in Hanoi
During the 2016 Presidential visit to Vietnam, Barack Obama went to a bun cha restaurant in Hanoi with Anthony Bourdain. If you didn’t see what happened check out the video and this interview with Bourdain on meeting Obama in Hanoi. I wasn’t planning to visit Bun Cha Obama on my visit to Hanoi. There is […]
Flight Review: VietJet Air – Hanoi to Seoul (Incheon)
Flight: VietJet Air VJ 960 From: Hanoi (HAN) To: Seoul Incheon (ICN) I flew with VietJet Air from Hanoi to Seoul. I compared flights with Skyscanner, and Vietjet was the cheapest option. The economy fare was $46.70 USD, which went up to $105.95 USD with taxes. If you book during a promo sale you might […]
Hotel Review: Hanoi Fantasea Hotel, Hanoi
Hotel Name: Hanoi Fantasea Hotel Address: 78B Hang Non Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam. I stayed at the Hanoi Fantasea Hotel in Hanoi. I booked online and picked the hotel for its location in the old city area (the best area to stay in Hanoi). For this hotel stay I wasn’t staying overnight as I […]
Hanoi Asia Guest House – a guesthouse for $10 a night in Hanoi
Hotel Name: Hanoi Asia Guest House Address: 83 Thuoc Bac Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam I stayed at the Hanoi Asia Guest House in Hanoi. I booked online at the rate of $10.20 USD per night. Yes, you can still find 10-dollars-a-night guesthouses in Hanoi. Whenever I stay in Hanoi I usually pick a hotel […]
Thao Dien – the coolest neighbourhood in Saigon
Even though Ho Chi Minh City is approaching the status of megacity, there aren’t distinct neighbourhoods compared to cities of a similar size. Apart from the colonial-era inner city, most of the city has the same uniform mayhem to it. There is a Japantown in District 1, and a couple of Korean enclaves. Cholon is […]
Flight Review: AirAsia – Penang to Ho Chi Minh City
Flight: AirAsia AK 1502 From: Penang (PEN) To: Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) I flew with AirAsia from Penang to Ho Chi Minh City. As two of my favourite destinations in Southeast Asia I was happy to see that AirAsia had started this route. I already knew I was going to fly this route, but […]
Guesthouse Review: Luot Van Guest House, Mui Ne – Vietnam
Hotel Name: Luot Van Guest House Address: KP5 Nguyen Hun Tho, Mui Ne, Vietnam. I stayed at the Luot Van Guest House in Mui Ne. Unlike most hotels in Mui Ne, this is actually in Mui Ne, and not the long beach road that is referred to as Mui Ne. Most people come to Mui […]
Saigon to Phan Thiet by train – the easy way to get to Mui Ne
Mui Ne is a popular beach resort area in Southeastern Vietnam. The actual beach area is between the towns of Phan Thiet and Mui Ne, though most people just say Mui Ne for the general area. The easiest way to get to Mui Ne is to get the Saigon to Phan Thiet train, and then […]
Hotel Review: Hotel 1 and 10, Mue Ne – Vietnam
Hotel Name: Hotel 1 and 10 Address: 261A Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Ham Tien, Mui Ne, Phan Thiet, Vietnam. I stayed at the Hotel 1 and 10 in Mui Ne. I was looking for a budget guesthouse and this was one of the cheapest options. I was in Mui Ne over the national reunification day holiday […]
