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Ya, its alsway informative and enjoyable to read about ppl experience here.
For myself i am always being overcharge, when i go to drink i dun know how to bargain and when the gal tell me the market is how much i will always pay.

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I just take the overcharge or my overpaying as a form of penalty for not speaking Tieng Viet.

But as long I enjoy my trip, who has the right to call me a fool.

We make a donation of VND5m to do some charity in Vietnam. Does it make me a fool?

I feel a small gesture to help some in Vietnam as a form to thank them for a wonderful memory.

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Bro...you write like this my pm nhieu nhieu...next month already headache how to handle the big group...wasn't planned but most of them ask me when I go...then I just reply...and by then number so big...haha...anyway no expectation from all frens...then we shall have fun...but I had been planning and getting ready for the big group...:)

occasionally I shall grant a fren wishlist...wishlist means the fren requests and I tried to fulfill all...those who I had granted wishlist before...you knew who you are...hehe...:)

i will only share info with frens or let frens join me...frens means ppl I knew and we became frens...so before you pm me pls read my signature...:)

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was at the Verge last night..have not been chionging in Sinkie for few years le...shocking to know that the price for a tower of beer is $248 on a normal day...:eek:....asking rate of LT is $300-$400...looks like its still much much cheaper to chiong in HCMC if compare to the price back home.

something to share,heard that the once popular America Disco has change to a ktv..any bros visited and have anything to share on the price and quality?

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hi guys
I will be going hcm for my virgin trip this weekend, unfortunately for business
only have wed night free to roam
will be staying at Sheraton hotel District 1
any recommendation base on the below?
- preferably walking distance
- cannot tabao back to hotel, have to settle outside
any recommendation is welcome, massage, bar etc etc

thanks in advance
cheers
fleaz

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I touched down HCM after a 7 hours flight delay from Hanoi during a Vietnam public holiday period on 4 Sep 2010. It was my worst flight delay. My date was waiting for me patiently in hcm because we had to fly to Phu Quoc island tomorrow. I just had 2 bowls of hot hu tiu soup costing 10k per bowl after I checked in to my hotel. Shortly my date came to my room and we discussed the plan tomorrow. Of course we make love that nite and make my expensive flight from Hanoi worth it.

My date came to the hotel early and we took a cab to airport. The flight to Phu Quoc departed on time and we arrived on time after 45 mins journey on Air Mekong and cost only 550k per person. The view during the landing was magnificent and there was several island close by that looked virgin. Vietnam is a big country with many islands.



Upon arrival, we saw a placard holding my name and the resort hotel had despatched a free transport to the resort. Just a short 25mins we reached the resort named Thanh Kieu Resort, 100C/14 Tran Hung Dao Street, Duong Dong, Phu Quoc Island. Can find this resort in any online bookings. There was a special offer of SGD 19 per day when I booked. On the way, my first impression was this is a huge place very flat with virtually not many buildings and beautiful. Along the road Tran Hung Dao, we passed some nice looking resort such as Blue Lagoon which is 4-star. Heard from some friends the resort is very nice. That nite, we rented a motorbike from the store outside at 165k per day. We used that to travel around for the next few days. Places you may want to check out.

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The Seafood Night Market – not too far from the resort, you can have fresh daily harvest of nice local seafood at very reasonable price. We ate at this place for 3 consecutive nites drinking Saigon beer. Cannot remember clearly each dinner what exactly we ate but we had fish, lobster and many types of shell fish and each meal cost less than 500k.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm2D9kP9iH8

The Bai Sao beach – this is the other beach that face the other side of the sea. Have to travel quite far and not easy to find.

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The Duong Dong Beach – this is the beach near to my resort and along Tran Hung Dao.


Island Hopping – boat cruise which I passed because my date wasn’t keen to go.

Traffic is very light and you can ride freely and enjoy the sea breeze. Wind blew almost 24 hours non-stop and so no fans at most food stores except in the rooms. At nite the temperature drop to a nice 25 degrees and rain

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Anyone been to the Lan Kwai Fong club before? How was it

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Nice , will try to do some as well on my next trip . Lol I look it this way , if the company is good , money spent is well spent. Of course there will be times where you meet the wrong company then it sucks.

For those intending to go out on your own , the self help DIY site will be helpful.

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Using the name of an established clubbing district in Hong Kong for a club in Saigon is never a good idea.

I didnt like it. Layout is odd, sort of a skinny L shape where you enter the club on the side of the longer leg. Pricing level similar to Fuse or Velvet.

http://partyinsaigon.com/dia-diem/la.../chi-tiet.html

Last event photographed by the PiS crew and uploaded on their website was 7 Sept. 2013, so you can view to get an idea of the crowd.

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Bro, thanks for the reply.

In that case, which clubs would you recommend ?

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why dun you try out Lam Kwai Fong club and not worry about other comment...write your forum here after try out...:)

if you want to go other club can look at my self help DIY in my signature...or search forum on gold club...address in my signature too...:)

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Bro, 1 more question, does the clubs in HCM allow customer to bring in their own liquor and pay for corkage & mixers?