So, my husband and I embarked on this journey in an attempt to complete out SEA countries travel checklist.
So far we've been to Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei.
Now we're in Vietnam and about to travel to Cambodia and our last stop would be Bangkok.
So far our Saigon trip has been bitter sweet leaning to the bitter a bit more. My husband and I call the country- THE HUSTLING CAPITAL OF THE ASIA. We've had our most frightful welcome when we arrived 2 days ago. It was past 9 when we touched down Saigon. I made a mistake hailing a cab instead of booking grab, which i found out was quite easy in HCM. Anyway, upon queuing in the taxi bay, a couple of uniformed drivers approached us asking if we needed a ride. We chose a Vinusun taxi leaning online that this is a legit taxi company. Upon arrival at our hotel, still inside the taxi, we asked how much our bill was. The driver mentioned 380 and just signalled us to pay with some hand gesture. My husband gave a 100k dong bill but we said it was 380 and said to just show him our money. To our horrors, he grabbed all our money very quickly and began counting in front of us. My husband suddenly remembered an online comment we read about some Vietnamese driver doing the same thing to us. Then to his surprise, he saw the man threw our money on the passenger seat. So my husband grabbed it and told the man: this is ours! The man denied it and said that it was his. So we had a bit of squabble with the man. The man gave up and was asking us are you sure it was your money? Are you sure you're ok? To our disgust, we just took our things and went inside the hotel. In the hotel, we realized that another 500k dong was missing. The man probably threw one bill om the seat and another somewhere else. 500k dong is about Php1k. So we decided to just charge it to our one of a kind albeit sordid experience of our first day in Vietnam.
So we were off to an awful start! But this did not dampen our Spirits and we vowed to make a better day 2.
We stayed at the New Space Hotel which was very near the airport. The hotel room was big but the beddings particularly the comforter was dirty. But since we just needed a quick place to stay, we were able to call it a day at around 11pm.
The morning after we were ready to move on from our unfortunate first day. The breakfast in the hotel was passable with a good assortment of rice and bread options. It even had salad and some cold cuts aside. I loved the homemade yougurt and fruits.
We were able to book a grabcar to our next hotel and paid online to avoid having to settle payment with the driver. We arrived safely at Dragon Palace 3, our next accommodation which was right in the middle of district 1. It was very accessible to a lot of establishments.
So far we've been to Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei.
Now we're in Vietnam and about to travel to Cambodia and our last stop would be Bangkok.
So far our Saigon trip has been bitter sweet leaning to the bitter a bit more. My husband and I call the country- THE HUSTLING CAPITAL OF THE ASIA. We've had our most frightful welcome when we arrived 2 days ago. It was past 9 when we touched down Saigon. I made a mistake hailing a cab instead of booking grab, which i found out was quite easy in HCM. Anyway, upon queuing in the taxi bay, a couple of uniformed drivers approached us asking if we needed a ride. We chose a Vinusun taxi leaning online that this is a legit taxi company. Upon arrival at our hotel, still inside the taxi, we asked how much our bill was. The driver mentioned 380 and just signalled us to pay with some hand gesture. My husband gave a 100k dong bill but we said it was 380 and said to just show him our money. To our horrors, he grabbed all our money very quickly and began counting in front of us. My husband suddenly remembered an online comment we read about some Vietnamese driver doing the same thing to us. Then to his surprise, he saw the man threw our money on the passenger seat. So my husband grabbed it and told the man: this is ours! The man denied it and said that it was his. So we had a bit of squabble with the man. The man gave up and was asking us are you sure it was your money? Are you sure you're ok? To our disgust, we just took our things and went inside the hotel. In the hotel, we realized that another 500k dong was missing. The man probably threw one bill om the seat and another somewhere else. 500k dong is about Php1k. So we decided to just charge it to our one of a kind albeit sordid experience of our first day in Vietnam.
We stayed at the New Space Hotel which was very near the airport. The hotel room was big but the beddings particularly the comforter was dirty. But since we just needed a quick place to stay, we were able to call it a day at around 11pm.
The morning after we were ready to move on from our unfortunate first day. The breakfast in the hotel was passable with a good assortment of rice and bread options. It even had salad and some cold cuts aside. I loved the homemade yougurt and fruits.
We were able to book a grabcar to our next hotel and paid online to avoid having to settle payment with the driver. We arrived safely at Dragon Palace 3, our next accommodation which was right in the middle of district 1. It was very accessible to a lot of establishments.
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