Ho Chi Minh City - General Info

[Taodan]

Originally posted by Gundam
Hi fellas,

I'm going to be an expat in Saigon due to my job in a few month. I'd like to know where and how to find an house for renting (it's better in downtown or residence or suburbs ?) and rates for a 100-square-meters. Do you know any agency ?

Thanks

Leo

Leo,
Searching for a house to rent in WSG is a wrong place :-) Try to use search engines (google, yahoo, ect...) for housing for rent in hochiminh city. Good luck.

[Warriorxxx]

Gundam

email me at thunhon@attbi.com and let me know what price range and where about. Maybe I will be able to help you out.

[Gundam]

Hi fellas,

I'm going to be an expat in Saigon due to my job in a few month. I'd like to know where and how to find an house for renting (it's better in downtown or residence or suburbs ?) and rates for a 100-square-meters. Do you know any agency ?

Thanks

Leo

[Hentaitic]

Well, apologies first and foremost. Today no great stuff to share. Blame it on the weather and Lonely Planet.

You see, I stole time off work today to sneak to the Saigon Water World, all ready with my waterproof camera to snap some bikini Vietnamese babes. But when I reached there at 4pm, they told me that the place would be closed at 5pm. I showed them the Lonely Planet in which it is written, Mon - Sat open from 11am to 7pm, Sunday 8am to 8pm. Will somebody update Lonely Planet of the times please!!!

Spent USD4 to get all the way there, for nothing. Luckily there's a shuttle bus back, for only 5000 D which would drop us at Ben Thanh Market. Somebody please explain why is Ben Thanh market closed so early, at 6pm? When I got there at 5pm, they are about to pack up. Found a vietnamese springroll stall with 3 cute gals, and sat behind the glass counter. Wow, a good downblouse of all 3 gals for a good 15mins as they were clearing up their stall. Can see all the way to their belly button!!! All because I can look thru the glass counter! He He He!!!

Damn, I am a hopeless opportunist!!!

I wish that the Ben Thanh Market could open all the way around the clock just as it is in Thailand Flower Market cos there are some cute gals that we can 'sian'. At 6pm close, that's rediculous!!!

Going Dalat tomorrow. Anyone has any good info to share of this place?

[Hentaitic]

Just as the Khao San Rd Backpacker's areas in Metro Bangkok's getting hipper with the local Thai clubbers, so too is the Pham Ngu Lao backpacker's area in Saigon. Went to book a busticket to Dalat on for the weekend, from the many tourist agencies in the area. Only USD5 all the way to Dalat.

Before I left, remembered my FL friends mentioning something about "The Heat Club" along the Pham Ngu Lao street. So went to check it out. True enough, much eyecandies as it is packed to the max!!! Also bumped into my FL friends over there. Seems like with the closure of Club 777, their interest have shifted to the club. Good news for brudders putting up at the New World Hotel as this club is just about 5 min walk away. And many many gal friendly hotels in the vicinity. Very convenient indeed!!! Now the bad news, heard that the going rate is USD50 and USD80 overnite. OUCH!!!

Personally I don't quite like Apocalypse Now as it is a bit like Orchard Tower Singapore, probably 100% FLs gal only. In places like Club 777 and Club Heat, it is a mix, with regular clubbing gals and also FL gals.

As for MeeRung/Shark/Rainforest and Liquid disco, they are still open but quite dead actually.

That's all the clubs I have been to recently. As always, if there's any misinformation please post a correction here.

[Wendella]

Hentaitic,

Well, it's because the idea here is that we come here to share information... freely. One of the main reasons is so we're not at the mercy of taxi drivers who will charge us for that same info---when they drive up prices by taking a commission for each customer that they deliver to a certain establishment, which gets added to that customer's bill. I've often been hit with DOUBLED prices that way. (You probably were charged too, but probably---hopefully---for much less than double. Though I will say that the prices you quote sound pretty far out of line in the high direction.)

Now your guy probably is wonderful, or you wouldn't be so willing to help him out by advertising his services here. That's cool. If I want to use him, I have his phone number now and it's no problem to get in touch with him.

If you still want to share the info, that's cool. I would really appreciate it if you did. If not, fair enough. As they say here, up to you.

Wendella

[Wendella]

TO VIRGIN:

Your posts earlier in this forum mention that we should email you for more information. But there is no email given for us to do that. I would like to.

I think my email address was edited out of my last posting here (I presume by the moderator, though it's possibel IE ate it) as well as my request for you to please email me. My email address IS still up on this forum, down a ways from here....

I've spoken with a few others here offline (Meaty, Warriorxxx, Dirty D) with little trouble.

VietKieu is another guy I was hoping to contact.

Thanks
WC

The purpose of the WSG Forum is to provide a public place for the exchange of information for men who are looking for sex with women. Unfortunately, there has been a recent escalation in the number of new members whose only contribution to the Forum have been requests for information to be "backchanneled" to them via their email address. Obviously, this does nothing to enhance the value of the Forum's collective database.

Therefore, following the policies of other Forums, I have decided that Regular Members may not post email or website addresses in their reports. Any reports from Regular Members containing email or website addresses will be edited. Subsequence reports will be deleted in their entirety.

If you have information, then post it. If you want information, then post a question.

Senior Members, by virtue of their significant contributions to the Forum, are exempted from this limitation and thus may post email and website addresses in their reports if they so desire.

As always, your comments are welcome, although if you want me to read them you should post them in the "Comment on Site Rules" area of the Administration Section of the Forum.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Me Gai]

Hentaitic, you are the man !!!

I'm not in Vietnam yet, but i'm leaving the US for VN soon. So, I don't know what the scene in saigon now. I'll be there about june 29. Can you describe about the fishbowl gals more. Are those gals just for Karaoke companions purpose or that's a brothel and the girl go back to your place for boom boom???

Any suggestion about nice cheap hotels in Vietnam? I don't really need a guess friendly since I go with another friend. So if I want action, my girl and I have to get another room for us any way. I just need a cheap and always have room available. I'm thinking about staying at Duna hotels. Any other suggestions??

[Hentaitic]

Originally posted by Wendella
OK now,

Sme good info in recent days especially from Hentaitic (but what was the Japanese hotel you were talking about? You can't describe a place like that and then keep its identity a secret!)

Why not you contact the "duonghungthang" guy like I have mentioned? Since he is the originator, why not give him the credit to show you the place?

Tonight he showed me another place where there are GROs who'll stripdance while we enjoyed our beers. Touch and caress no problem. But one caveat though, guests have to order a cart of beer, that is 24 bottles of beer at one go at about 28,000 D per bottle.
This place is somewhere in Thanh Bihn district.

[Wendella]

OK now,

Sme good info in recent days especially from Hentaitic (but what was the Japanese hotel you were talking about? You can't describe a place like that and then keep its identity a secret!)

If not I guess I can do so here, but that may take a long time with the 2 day delay thing.

If you give me a better idea of location of that hot toc may be able to help you out on that. Le Lai is long. What's it next to?

Thanks

[Hentaitic]

Please help me correct any mis infomation here:

Vung Tau FAQ (14 May 2003 Ver)
1. Cost of fastferry
Adult Vietnamese: 80,000 D
Adult Foreigner : 145,000 D

2. Timings (HCMC to VT), (VT to HCMC also)
Petro + Greenline express : 0615, 0800, 1000, 1200, 1400, 1600, 1645 hrs
Vina Express : 0600, 0730, 0830, 1130, 1330, 1430, 1630 hrs
Personal fav: Greenline cos the on board waitresses wear the irresistable semi-translucent body hugging Ao Dais!

3. Hotels with "Boom Boom" MP (FJ: 20USD tips)
Palace Hotel: (84.64) 856 411
Maritime Safety Hotel

4. Hotels with Good "Non Boom Boom" MP (80,000 D / hour)
Cap Saint Jacques Hotel (84.64) 807 068 at "Bai Sau" or Back Beach!

5. Guest friendly hotels (NO need to book extra room for gal)
My Hoa (USD 15) DT: (84.64) 854 081

6.Guest Friendly hotels (BUT gotta book extra room for gal, so please ask first)
Holiday Mansion Hotel (USD 15) DT: (84.64) 856 169

7. Discos with FL gals
Hollywood East
Blue Sky (Grand Hotel)
Club7 (Vung Tau P&T Hotel)
VIP Club (2nd Floor- Gals with Number Tag, just choose one and Go!!!)

8. My English speaking Vung Tao guru and guide: (also rented his bike for 24hours for USD 6)
Mr Tien : 090 821 7843
Only he could show you the way to the Karaoke where I got my 24hour booking for just USD 50. I really can't remember the way to the karaoke. ( Actually, I am just promoting his services, he he he!)

[Hentaitic]

Tonite I found a club/disco where there actually pole dancing. Well the pole do not go all the way to the ceiling! Funny sight!
It is located at Saigon's little Japan, so called because there are so many Japanese restaurant along this street, the Le Thanh Ton!

The Club is called "Cau Lac Bo So" along the street towards Tan Van Lung Street! But still amazing there's pole dancing cause Saigon is still technically communist!

[Hentaitic]

In spite of the bad news of closures, got good news for you guys today. Last nite, I met a Vietnamese guy at so fluent in Japanese tht he could easily be mistaken for a Jap.

Turn out to be that he's a guide for visiting Japanese hentai guys! According to him, the Japanese's fav place in Saigon is actually a hotel, karaoke which houses fishbowl gals!!! So I went and see. Unbelievable. Imagine a fishbowl concept in communist Vietnam also. About 20 -30 gals to select from in the fishbowl.

But the cost are high, about 60 -80USD an hour and about 90- 100USD overnite (inclusive of gal, room).

I promised him that I would promote his services on the net. So here goes.
Name: Duong Hung Thang
Tel: 090 3367827
Email: duonghungthang@hotmail.com

he speaks english, Jap, and of course vietnamese. If you are in need of a hotel that would allow 'guests' he will also be able to source one for you. No nonsense of having to book two rooms stuff.

And a correction from him about my info at the guest friendly hotel, Hai Long 1 hotel , there is no need to book 2 rooms too.

[Hentaitic]

Originally posted by Me Gai
If you guy can read vietnamese then go here. I found this artical dated today 5-14-03 about raids of clubs in saigon.

http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/Xa-hoi/2003/05/3B9C7BEA/

They aslo say that VC cops will surprise raid of all bars, clubs and karaoke places weekly now. I guess they really want to clean up for the upcomming seagams. Any good places left that haven't been raid yet?

Hey there, hope that u dun mind I quote you in my posting at http://forum.********.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=236666#post236666

Great that u understand Vietnamese. So in yr knowledge, where have the crowds gone to now? Heat Disco? Apocalypse Now?

[Me Gai]

If you guy can read vietnamese then go here. I found this artical dated today 5-14-03 about raids of clubs in saigon.

http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/Xa-hoi/2003/05/3B9C7BEA/

sumary:

Places were closed:
club 777, Mececa , MTV, cafe Bodega, Reason are: violation of noise, and light policy. Also violation of selling alcohol above 30degree, no license for selling of cigarete and playing of illegal music, etc... no mention of prostitution violation.

They aslo say that VC cops will surprise raid of all bars, clubs and karaoke places weekly now. I guess they really want to clean up for the upcomming seagams. Any good places left that haven't been raid yet?