Day Three (02-Apr-09): Goodnight Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Day Three was my last full day in Ho Chi Minh City, so I knew I had to make the most out of it. I missed out on a lot of the sights because of the rains on Day One, but Day Three was bright and sunny. I was a little more familiar with the...
The Big Trip – Day Two (01-Apr-09): 100 Meter Crawl (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
The previous night, I’d booked a day trip with Sinh Cafe, one of the many tour companies in the Pham Ngu Lao district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was a trip to visit the Cao Dai Temple as well as the Cu Chi Tunnels. The trip cost 130,000 Vietnamese dong, or the equivalent...
The Big Trip – Day One (31-Mar-09): Moto, Pho, and Uncle Ho (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
The flight to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam was approximately two hours and a half long, but when I landed, it was 12:30am. Vietnam is an hour behind the Philippines, so upon landing, I had to adjust my watch and my cellular phone clock. I went through immigration with no problems, and since I didn’t...
The Big Trip – Day Zero (30-Mar-09): Assaulted Batteries (NAIA Terminal 3)
My three-week adventure begins with a trip to Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. I’ve heard positive things about it, mainly that it’s much, much nicer and more presentable to foreign visitors than the current international terminal. I didn’t have such a great impression of the old terminal, so I was hoping this was true....
