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If you’ve only got one day in Saigon in which to savour the city and don’t want to find yourself collapsed in a ball of over-sightseed stress by the end of the day, you’re going to have to make some fairly tough decisions about what you want to see and where you want to go in order to get the most out of your 24 hours.
Luckily, despite the city’s vast and growing size and its potential to overwhelm, visitors are presented with a relatively navigable list of things to do in Ho Chi Minh City even if time is short. Many of the main attractions are contained within a manageable walking distance of each other in District 1 of the Ho Chi Minh City [...]
Another trip, another country. First time in Vietnam. Arriving in Saigon with little clue as to what to expect … only that there would be motorbikes.
But exactly how many motorbikes I never imagined. On the drive from airport to hostel there was barely room for anything else. Taxis seemed entirely overwhelmed by the thousands of helmeted two-wheelers zipping by, and as for buses, or the lack thereof, first impressions pointed towards public transport probably not being the most convenient way to get around town. While we crawled along, hemmed in by all around us, bikes casually kept on [...]