visiting HCMC the week of May 7-11. It's been about a year. There used to be a great bar called Saigon Saigon that ran into difficulty with the police and was closed late 2005. Does anybody know if it has re-opened?
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visiting HCMC the week of May 7-11. It's been about a year. There used to be a great bar called Saigon Saigon that ran into difficulty with the police and was closed late 2005. Does anybody know if it has re-opened?
[QUOTE=Smoke & Mirrors]Can anyone here tell this American where to travel when in Vietnam? I've recently been invited there this comming September by a lady here in the U.S. who wants to invite me to see her lovely niece. I know what your thinking but, she's not a working girl. She can read, and write english very well, and has recently finished college. If all goes well she may be my new wife. We have been in coorespondence for 3 months. Any honest ideas are valued. Thanks.[/QUOTE]
As you will have your companion with you:
Halong Bay cruise, Upcountry hill tribes and way of life around Sapa, Ancient temples in Hue, way of life in the Mekong Delta (need your Malaria phrophylaxis), Beaches around Nha Trang, and of course, the cities of Hanoi and HCMC.
[QUOTE=Draco]There used to be a great bar called Saigon Saigon that ran into difficulty with the police and was closed late 2005. Does anybody know if it has re-opened?[/QUOTE]
These places change names pretty often, and also close. A bar by that name isn't ringing a bell. Where was it? Any landmarks nearby? If you are talking about "Lost in Saigon", that one shut for good, never reopened, though the owners started a new bar downtown called Lush which is very successful. Not as seedy as the old one, bigger, much more fashionable, and higher end. It's on the corner at the start of Ly Tu Truong.
[QUOTE=Smoke & Mirrors]Can anyone here tell this American where to travel when in Vietnam? I've recently been invited there this comming September by a lady here in the U.S. who wants to invite me to see her lovely niece. I know what your thinking but, she's not a working girl. She can read, and write english very well, and has recently finished college. If all goes well she may be my new wife. We have been in coorespondence for 3 months. Any honest ideas are valued. Thanks.[/QUOTE]It's all depend on your budget and your taste for travel. If you like it in luxury or backpacker style, you can have it. But that lovely girl might expect medium luxury from you.
And where from you will start your trip? My guess is Sai Gon.
You can find the following destination quite interesting : Hue - Da Nang - Hoi An - Nha Trang - Da Lat - Phu Quoc.
I took out Mui Ne because it similar to Nha Trang.
A round trip for this would takes about 12 -14 days.
Cost: any thing from USD 5K - 20K for 2.
Good luck.
I have read some of you guys mention VietSingle as a means of contacting ladies to hook up with and just wanted to give a friendly warning. I'm not saying don't use it, just be careful you're not being played for a fool, getting ripped off or worse.
First off, make sure to check out the listed IP address on the profiles. Some of them originate in the US even though the listing is supposedly from Vietnam.
Example:
[url]http://vietsingle.com/pro.php?ID=499599&l=1[/url]
her IP is 24.99.92.31
A quick look on an IP locator like:
[url]http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation[/url]
shows Lawrenceville, GA. Hey, I don't know this girl from the next. Maybe a friend/family posted the profile for her. Perhaps she mistyped her info. I don't know. But it seems suspicious to me.
Second, someone posted a warning to beware of several fake profiles:
[url]http://vietsingle.com/pro.php?ID=548410&l=1[/url]
I understand the first part, but my viet is kind of rusty so if anyone would be nice enough to fully translate (into english) the second half and post it here or PM me I would be most appreciative.
Example of what I'm talking about. Check out these profiles.
[url]http://vietsingle.com/pro.php?ID=558391&l=1[/url]
[url]http://vietsingle.com/pro.php?ID=560058&l=1[/url]
Notice it's the same girl, BUT different education and occupation. Are my eyes deceiving me? It *is* the same girl right? It looks like there are several other profiles from 203.162.3.### that are suspect too.
Anyway, I just wanted to bring it up since I took a look at it and started chatting with a couple of the ladies on there. Comments welcome. Flames ignored.
Cheers,
Fox Two
Fox Two,
I am 99.9% that the first lady 499599 is currently in VN, she is not my type but she seem open to meet people, nice, and maybe not a pro. I wont bet on it though. I saw her in Palace Club, on Nguyen Hue.
And for the girls who look alike, I'm not that sure they are same.
Still, a lot of crap and fake in vietsingle.
[QUOTE=Fox Two]...
First off, make sure to check out the listed IP address on the profiles. Some of them originate in the US even though the listing is supposedly from Vietnam.
Example:
[url]http://vietsingle.com/pro.php?ID=499599&l=1[/url]
her IP is 24.99.92.31
A quick look on an IP locator like:
[url]http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation[/url]
shows Lawrenceville, GA. Hey, I don't know this girl from the next. Maybe a friend/family posted the profile for her. Perhaps she mistyped her info. I don't know. But it seems suspicious to me.
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@Teyes,
Thanks for the feedback. I think some of these girls have their profiles made up for them by friends/family stateside. So make sure you're really talking to the girl and not some mother who's trying to marry off her daughter. Also some of the IP addresses are so similiar they have to be in the same internet cafe. So if you're working on two girls that happen to be sitting next to each other responding to your emails... well you get the picture.
Cheers,
Fox Two
Having used Vietsingle to meet girls for over a year, I can tell you that the biggest problem is that the girls never look as good as their pictures. Almost all the girls have their pics retouched by Photoshop services. Acne-scarred skin magically becomes smooth, dark faces become pale white, wrinkles disappear. Or they are posting pics of themselves as they looked 10 years ago. The girls also mostly lie about their ages if they are past 35. Someone who says she is 37 is probably 42.
I have met only one girl who really looked as good as her picture. And, sure enough, she was pretty much the only one I met who didn't like ME.
It's pretty dumb that they post these fake pics, because all it produces is disappointment when the guy meets them.
I also met one girl, who had a really nice picture, and she turned out to be a katoey (or maybe just a transvestite...her tits seemed very fake and weren't aligned properly).
It's tempting to use Vietsingle because then you can do an advanced search (if you pay for Gold Account) and target a certain age range, and height and weight (which really improves searching if you don't want the 90% who are tiny girls). You can find girls who understand some English (but not many). But I've come to realize that for the time I spend using Vietsingle, I could just go out and meet girls on the street, in shops, etc., and do much better, and see girls as the really are, instead of in some faked picture that represents the girl's fantasy of how she wishes she looked.
Also, these girls are looking for marriage, and most of them are poor and have menial jobs. If you want to use girls for sex, please look elsewhere.
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In the old days, when an illiterate Chinese wanted to send a letter, he/she would go to a letter writer, tell them what they wanted to say, and the letter writer would write their letter for them.
I came across this tradition 20 years ago in the old Chinese quarter in Kuala Lumpur.
I recently came across the equivalent in an internet cafe in Pattaya, where the Thai girl who could not speak English would tell the letter writer what she wanted to say, and he would type the email in English. Whether he accurately translated what she said I don't know, but she did not say short sentences so he could translate. Rather, the girl would talk for a minute or two, and he would type from there.
In a bookstore in Bangkok, I came across a book of pre-written letters for Thais to type into their emails. There was a whole bunch of love letters, letters telling tales of woe asking for money etc, and many others.
As there are few Vietnamese who can speak English well enough to communicate via email, I suspect that the same services would be available. So maybe this is what you are getting.
G
hello mountain peep, i laughed at your story of the suzuki south of da lat. great tale to tell the grand children.
the village sounds like an interesting place, especially if the main trade is their girls.
can you tell me the name of the place, or give reasonable directions to get to it, as i will be in the da lat area later this year and would like to check it out.
keep laughing.
I'm off to HCM city for 2 nights, weekend after next, to check out the scene. Can someone suggest a suitable hotel up to $30 a night.
Thanks, Non.
Hi All,
Time for me to give back to this board. Have been getting great information from here without contributing for far too long.
I am a regular traveller to China and in fact spend 4 months of the year in HK. Recently I have made a couple of trips to Vietnam:
First stop on this last trip was HCM. I stayed at the New World for 2 nights.
On the first night went to Catwalk there were quite a few hotties there but I can categorically tell you that girls from Catwalk cannot go back to your room in the hotel. The second floor connection to the hotel is under constant watch from the security guards at the lobby. I presume you could make a run for the lifts with the girl and hope the security won't be able to run up the steps in time to stop you. I however resisted this temptation.
Instead went to the Sauna in the same building as Catwalk. Lousy rooms, lousy girls and a average HJ followed. Not recommended.
Next night of to Renaissance hotel (I think) they have a KTV behind the hotel. This was very upmarket and the girls were stunning. Again the girls would not go back to the hotel. There were 3 guys and six girls and we got skinned for 3 million dong. Without any action. However the girls here were willing to come to any hotel during the day and were asking for US$150 short time. Did not try it.
Next day off to Hanoi and as I desperately needed to release the pent up frustration from the last few days checked straight into the Fortuna where I have stayed before. The spa at the top floor is fantastic with great massage and HJ available, alternatively all the girls will come to your room for some "boom boom". I just took the massage as I wanted to be ready for the boss club later on.
Boss is great no pretentions about what it is. Loads of girls all speaking varying amounts of English. Took 2 girls LT for US$75 each and had a fantastic time all night and into next morning.
Be Safe,
Dabeast
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Hmmm, no replies. Surely someone can recommend me a suitable hotel in HCM! I'm a good poster, I've made several good contributions in the Thailand & Myanmar forums, somebody must know something about hotels.
I hope to be taking up a long term position in Vietnam soon. Just some quick questions to the Vietnam seniors.
1. I understand the the Govt has a tight control over internet access - Is there broadband access in HCMC & can this site be accessed in Vietnam.
2. I am planing to stay at one of those service aprt. Can Viet ladies come and visit unhindered.
Gotta do more homework - I'll shhot more questions as I learn more about the country.