Trip Summary
- Trip length as well as when did I go? 4 days inward August 2013
- How much did it cost me? MYR 500
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- Day 1 - Kuala Lumpur ‣ Ho Chi Minh City
Fly from Kuala Lumpur to Ho Chi Minh City ‣ 
Shopping & dinner at Ben Thanh market ‣ 
Overnight inward A&EM Le Prince Hotel
Ho Chi Minh City walking tour ‣ 
Notre Dame Cathedral ‣ Saigon Central Post Office ‣ Independence Palace ‣ War Remnants Museum ‣ Tao Dan Park ‣ Pham Ngu Lao ‣ Saigon Skydeck ‣ Overnight inward A&EM Le Prince Hotel
- Day 3 - Ho Chi Minh City ‣ Mekong River Delta ‣ Ho Chi Minh City
Full 24-hour interval Mekong daytrip ‣ Overnight inward A&EM Le Prince Hotel
- Day 4 - Ho Chi Minh City ‣ Kuala Lumpur
Ho Chi Minh City riverside ‣ Fly from Ho Chi Minh City dorsum to Kuala Lumpur
Itinerary Map (click to sentiment POIs as well as routes)
Arrival & Hotel Check-In - 3.00 pm - Arrival at Tan Son Nhat International aerodrome yesteryear flying (Air Asia)
- Immigration clearance
- Ride the blueish omnibus amongst divulge 152 to Ben Thanh - 5,000 dong
- 4.00 pm - Arrival at Ben Thanh marketplace area
- Check-in at A&EM Le Prince Hotel. Staying for iii nights - Accommodation as well as flying was booked amongst Expedia (total cost - 3,000,000 dong)
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| Taking Bus 152 to Ben Thanh market |
Ben Thanh Market - 4.30 pm - Went to Ben Thanh marketplace for a footling sightseeing
- Decided to make our shopping on the finally 24-hour interval equally the marketplace was closing to pave the agency for the black market
- 7.00 pm - Walk some the black marketplace to store to spotter for some souvenirs
- Dinner at a store most the black marketplace (Beef pho - 45,000 dong) and some supper earlier going dorsum to the hotel (Vietnamese baguette/banh mi - 15,000 dong)
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| Ben Thanh marketplace entrance |
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| Inside Ben Thanh market |
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| Vietnamese java is sold inward abundance here |
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| The 24-hour interval marketplace closes inward the eve to brand agency for the black market |
Notre Dame Cathedral & Saigon Central Post Office - 8.00 am - Wake upward as well as breakfast at the hotel
- Walk to Notre Dame Cathedral (under thirty minutes). Made a lot of photograph stops along the way, hence it took a fleck longer than it should
- 9.30 am - Photo halt at Notre Dame Cathedral - no entrance fees required
- 10.00 am - Walk over to the Saigon Central Post Office, located following to the cathedral - also no entrance fees
- Browsed the souvenir shops inward the postal service office, enough of diverseness but they are pretty pricey specially when compared to the ones you lot tin shipping away purchase from Ben Thanh market
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| Walking some Ho Chi Minh City |
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| Plenty of interesting sights tin shipping away hold upward seen patch going on foot |
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| Notre Dame Cathedral, Ho Chi Minh City |
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| Saigon Central Post Office |
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| Inside the Saigon Central Post Office |
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| The souvenir store within the postal service office |
Independence Palace & War Remnants Museum - 11.00 am - Reach Independence Palace - admission is 20,000 dong
- Did a quick tour of the place. Points of involvement to receive got Federal Reserve notation of are the rooftop as well as the 'bomb shelters' beneath the building.
- 1.00 pm - Walk to War Remnants Museum (under twenty minutes)
- Arrival at War Remnants Museum - admission 15,000 dong
- The museum displays tin shipping away hold upward genuinely disheartening for some visitors, but that's the reality of war
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| Independence Palace |
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| Tanks on display exterior the Independence Palace |
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| War Remnants Museum |
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| Some of the displays hither are pretty gruesome as well as non for the faint of heart |
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| Make love, non war |
Tao Dan Park & Pham Ngu Lao - 3.00 pm - Walk to Tao Dan Park for an afternoon stroll
- Particularly loved the quiet of the park, which serves equally a brief getaway from the hustle as well as bustle of the city
- 4.00 pm - Went to Pham Ngu Lao inward search of inexpensive tours to Mekong Delta. Managed to uncovering a tour packet for $7 or 156,000 dong per mortal which I idea was a steal already (our hotel quoted us $20)
- There were one-half 24-hour interval tours for Cu Chi tunnels available but it didn't audio interesting to me, thence I decided to skip it as well as make something else for our concluding 24-hour interval here
- 5.30 pm - Went dorsum to hotel for a quick shower as well as relaxation
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| Pottery fine art yesteryear the street. It's tiny surprises similar these that brand my walk to a greater extent than enjoyable |
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| Puppies! |
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| A roadside stall selling bun bo hue, a pop Vietnamese cuisine |
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| Tao Dan Park, i of Ho Chi Minh city's many municipal parks |
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| Got a footling lost, but managed to uncovering Pham Ngu Lao on the agency back |
Saigon Skydeck - 6.30 pm - Walk to Saigon Skydeck (30 minutes on human foot from our hotel)
- Grabbed a quick seize amongst teeth at a nearby stall (Vietnamese baguette/banh mi - 15,000 dong)
- Arrival at Saigon Skydeck - admission is $10 or 200,000 dong
- Best fourth dimension to come upward hither is simply earlier sunset. Very breathtaking 360 grade views of the metropolis tin shipping away hold upward seen from the skydeck
- 8.30 pm - Head dorsum to Ben Thanh for dinner (Com chien, or fried rice amongst stir fried beef & garlic - 40,000 dong)
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| Ben Thanh at night. Bitexco Financial Tower, Ho Chi Minh's tallest edifice as well as where Saigon skydeck is, tin shipping away clearly hold upward seen inward the distance |
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| View of Ho Chi Minh metropolis at black from the skydeck |
Mekong Delta Day Trip - 6.30 am - Wake upward as well as breakfast at the hotel
- 7.00 am - Pick upward at the hotel yesteryear bus. Bus took quite a patch to ferry passengers some earlier finally departing for My Tho.
- 10.00 am - Short halt at Mekong residue stop
Vinh Trang Temple
- 11.00 am - Photo halt at Vinh Trang Temple. Particularly loved the aesthetics of this temple, which seems to hold upward a blend of due east as well as west
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| Vinh Trang temple, a unique blend of due east as well as west |
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| Monks having their meals. Everything is done inward consummate silence, as well as then get to hold upward respectful of local customs yesteryear non interrupting or beingness equally good noisy |
My Tho & Unicorn Island
- 12.00 pm - Arrival at My Tho jetty, where nosotros ride a boat across the Mekong river to Unicorn Island, our commencement halt inward the Ben Tre region
- Got a glimpse into the lifestyles of rural hamlet folk inward the Mekong delta, which tin shipping away hold upward summed upward equally real basic but uncomplicated as well as carefree
- Walked some the hamlet for a fleck earlier beingness rowed out to the river yesteryear sampan
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| Taking the boat from My Tho across the Mekong river to Unicorn island |
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| Our tour guide showed us the bee farm where dearest is produced |
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| Treated to a serving of tropical fruits as well as hot tea |
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| Local folk serenading us amongst traditional Vietnamese music |
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| Waiting for our sampan to receive got us dorsum to the boat |
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| A sampan ride through a crowded waterway. Our rower genuinely had fourth dimension to swing yesteryear as well as showed us his home. Well sir, you lot simply earned a tip. |
Con Phung & Coconut Island - 1.30 pm - Stopover at Con Phung isle for dejeuner as well as sightseeing
- Lunch - Rice amongst vegetables as well as deep-fried restrict coil (already included inward the tour package)
- Visitors tin shipping away partake inward a few activities here, such equally crocodile angling or renting hammocks to receive got an afternoon nap. Opted to become for an afternoon stroll some the isle to run across the orchards nearby
- 2.30 pm - Stopover at Coconut Island to run across how kokosnoot candy is beingness made. Thereafter, nosotros were taken for a ride on Equus caballus wagon some the surrounding village
- 3.30 pm - Back to My Tho jetty. Ride the omnibus dorsum to Ho Chi Minh City
- 6.00 pm - Arrived dorsum inward Ho Chi Minh City
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| Crocodile angling inward Con Phung island |
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| Crossing this rickety bamboo duet isn't equally slow equally it looks |
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| Watching the local folk brand kokosnoot candy inward Coconut Island |
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| Ending our trip amongst a Equus caballus ride some the village |
Riverside - 8.00 am - Wake upward as well as breakfast at hotel
- 9.00 am - Last infinitesimal shopping at Ben Thanh market
- 11.00 am - Hotel check-out
- 11.30 pm - Walk to Ho Chi Minh City riverside for quick photograph stops of the Mong Bridge (also known equally the Green Bridge) as well as several other points of involvement inward the riverside area
Ben Thanh Market to Airport
- 1.00 pm - Ride the blueish omnibus amongst divulge 152 dorsum to Tan Son Nhat international aerodrome for our flying dorsum habitation - 5,000 dong
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| Bear versus buffalo, who wins? |
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| Mong Bridge, a pop identify for marriage ceremony photography |
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| Ho Chi Minh City riverside |
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| Waiting for the omnibus to receive got us dorsum to the airport |
How much? | What for? |
VND 401,000 | Ground Cost |
VND 10,000 | Bus 152 to & from Tan Son Nhat international airport |
VND 156,000 | Mekong Delta tour package |
VND 20,000 | Entrance ticket – Independence Palace |
VND 15,000 | Entrance ticket – War Remnants Museum |
VND 200,000 | Entrance ticket – Saigon Skydeck |
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VND 3,000,000 | Flight & Accommodation |
VND 3,000,000 | Accommodation (3 nights) & provide flying from & to Ho Chi Minh City |
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VND 100,000 | Misc |
VND 100,000 | Food & Drink |
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VND 3,501,000 | Total |
- In local currency: VND 3,500,000
- Conversion charge per unit of measurement (at the time): MYR 1 = VND 7,000
- After conversion: MYR 500 (for iv days)
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