Saigon tourist info for travelors
Eating with Saigon’s Transgender On Monday night, Hai and I headed off for dinner to a small neighborhood eatery alongside one of Saigon’s main “canals”. Now, to be clear, that would NOT be “canals” in the sense of Venice, Italy, fed by open seawater. But, much more like the “canals” of Bangkok, fed by the [Read on …]
XO Tours Vietnam OK, I admit it. I’m not normal! Now I’m not admitting to some serious mental deficiency. I mean this, of course, only in the statistical sense – you know, the “normal bell curve” thing. Let me try to explain. I mean, how many people would have left behind the beauty, tranquility and [Read on …]
Mekong Delta authorities prevent lesbian couple from marrying Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012 Authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has prevented a female couple from marrying, arguing that same sex marriage is outlawed in Vietnam, online newspaper VnExpress reported. It has been more than one week since the incident, but residents [Read on …]
Of course, Summer is hot in Saigon (average high 89.7 F). But then so is Winter (89.2 F) and Fall (88.1 F). And Spring in Saigon is very hot! (93.5 F). So what’s so unique about Summer in Saigon? Well, Summer is the time when it can be both HOT and WET – it’s the [Read on …]
DOES VIETNAM HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST CORRUPTION RATINGS IN THE WORLD? Ahhhhh … Let’s Talk about the Weather 🙂 To best understand Saigon’s weather, it’s important to consider the interplay of HEAT, RAIN, and the amount of SUNSHINE each month. And to get an even clearer picture of the subtleties of Saigon’s [Read on …]
Just twelve more meals here in northern California before I return to Ho Chi Minh City to once again savor amazing Saigon Street Food! That’s three meals each day for the next 4 days before I board Cathay Pacific’s midnight flight from San Francisco to Saigon. But who’s counting? That would be ME! Now, don’t [Read on …]
Okay, you read about a great new Saigon street food vendor or Saigon eating adventure (presumably here at Eating Saigon!). You decided to take on that adventure by jumping onto one of Saigon’s possibly air-conditioned buses, figuring out how to find your way and pay your fare, and absorbing Saigon’s wonderful sites and smells along [Read on …]
What a treasure trove of community life in Saigon! If you’re in Saigon and wondering how to spend a free day – and if you’d like to take a peek at “real” Saigon (rather than a tourist street or a propaganda museum), considered spending some time at Le Thi Rieng Park. A few years back, [Read on …]