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styleseeker Newbie
Joined: 14 July 2005
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Hello,
I will be going to Ho Chi Minh next month. Would like to check if there is any good recommendation for tailor and lacquerware shop and massage. Heard about the Ben Than Market but need to bargain real hard. Thanks.
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Posted: 27 November 2007 at 11:37am · IP Logged |
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melbee Senior Member
 Joined: 07 January 2004
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me going in march. do share ur experiences when u return ok! :)
have a fun trip styleseeker!
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Posted: 27 November 2007 at 5:08pm · IP Logged |
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melbee Senior Member
Joined: 07 January 2004
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anyone has any shopping tips or interesting places to recommend on hcmc?
be going there in 2 wks' time!!!
tia!
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Posted: 02 March 2008 at 4:10pm · IP Logged |
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fatshaman Senior Member
 Joined: 09 March 2006
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er...they accept SGD now if not wrong...does that count as shopping tip? 
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 12:31am · IP Logged |
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melbee Senior Member
Joined: 07 January 2004
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of cos, thanks fat!
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 7:57am · IP Logged |
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melbee Senior Member
Joined: 07 January 2004
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ho chi minh is a boring place!!!
didnt enjoy my trip. maybe i expected too much?
but cu chi tunnel was very fun! it's like fighting the vietnam war.
local day tour is dirt cheap. only US$5.
other than that, nothing to buy there.
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Posted: 21 April 2008 at 10:50pm · IP Logged |
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fishy Groupie
 Joined: 21 March 2006
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really ah melbee??
what i heard is that their cutting is very small.. my future sis-in-law is vietnamese...sorry, didn't se the post earlier or i can ask her for you..
guess wat, school field trip this june is vietnam....
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Holidays.. pls come quickly!!!
Posted: 22 April 2008 at 10:22pm · IP Logged |
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melbee Senior Member
Joined: 07 January 2004
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yes! their traditional costume v small waisted. me not that skinny leh. haha
only gd thing is their food - pho!
very yummy!
gd luck fishy!!! now many places don't accept US dollar there already. So don't bring too much US. Change to their Vietnam dong...me off to greece and turkey for my own leisure trip in june!!!!!
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Posted: 22 April 2008 at 10:58pm · IP Logged |
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ZeroHero Newbie
 Joined: 14 May 2008
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There are many taxis company in Vietnam. And there is also many private one. Hard to differential them at first but i learn that those with very nice hotline number belong to company taxis. Such as "111111", "181818", and those that have a out of sequence number like 181888 or 118828 belong to private owner. The different is that private one will cheat you or even rob you. In our recent company trip, my colleagues was rob very near to the hotel taking one of this private taxis.
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Posted: 01 August 2008 at 2:21pm · IP Logged |
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Emotika Groupie
 Joined: 12 August 2008
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I'll be going tmr! So excited. lolx.. Hopefully it'll be a great place to be in.
I heard to be beware of private cabs! They fleece you so much you might feel robbed! Always be firm to meter rates.
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| Its weird how fr strangers we became frens, fr frens we became more dan dat n suddenly, back to strangers. Weird.
Posted: 13 August 2008 at 3:09pm · IP Logged |
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