My Saigon The Local Guide To Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam

Author : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Publisher : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-21
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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My Saigon: The Local Guide to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Elly Thuy Nguyen Pdf

Experience real Saigon: My Saigon 2024 Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) offers bustling streets, amazing walks, too-hip-for-you cafes, rocking music clubs, luxurious salons, explosively delicious restaurants, and indoor cat zoos. Saigon is Vietnam. It’s young, practical, crowded, and a little bit brash. Most visitors to Saigon see the same boring “attractions”: boring restaurants, tourist-trap markets, and War propaganda. Saigon has so much more to experience than tourists see. My Saigon gives you the insider track: the most amazing experiences, the cultural backstories, the practical go-to tips, the best coffee, the best food (far beyond pho and banh mi), the best hangouts, the coolest stuff, and hipsters, hipsters everywhere. Details about 90-day and multi-entry electronic visas to Vietnam (new as of August, 2023). Big-picture navigation. History your tour guides aren't allowed to mention. Good hotels for cheap, without hostels, bedbugs, and weird smells. Get mobile data up and running without being scammed. The best pho in Saigon: no, it's not the one in the backpacker district. Awesome, authentic, cheap restaurants where my friends and I eat -- and Tripadvisor has no clue about. Coffee. Did someone say coffee? 1930s coffee, street coffee, "specialty" coffee, all kinds of coffee: I'll tell you where. Hang out with Vietnamese people, munch on dried squid, listen to Viet Pop (if you dare). Make cool friends, date guys or girls, whatever flag you might fly. Bust out with Saigonese slang to make your new friends laugh. Watch out for Saigon's mafia: they run the streets, and they don't announce themselves. Don't unintentionally offend people by wearing a popular tourist souvenir t-shirt. You definitely shouldn't give money to beggars and street kids. Avoiding taxi scams in Saigon is so easy, but most tourists refuse to learn. My Saigon is a guide, a love confessional, an instruction manual, and an ode to the city.

Author : Au Nguyen
Publisher : Au Nguyen
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Saigon City Guide by Au Nguyen Pdf

An ultimate guidebook to traveling in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) with up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and some of the city's best kept secrets - all the essentials to get to the heart of Saigon. This travel guide is a result of the rich experience and in-depth research by a Vietnamese American author who had lived in Saigon for 24 years before he moved to the United States. So you will walk away informed and amazed by practical and honest advice. Some of the exclusive features include: + Full-color, easy-to-read maps of the whole districts instead of small areas, making it easier to navigate + Insightful reviews of the city's best local eateries that have never been covered + Highlights of where to eat, drink, stay, and have fun, so that you can tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests + Comprehensive introduction of the Vietnamese cuisine, featuring 60 popular dishes and popular local eateries specializing in those dishes. + Visual contents of all attractions, restaurants, bars, and hotels for lively illustration + Coverage of Phu My Hung, Saigon’s upscale residential area, offering you a pleasant escape from the frantic pace of downtown + Quarterly updates if necessary, giving you the latest experience Saigon has to offer

Author : Nastasia Yakoub
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781984857910

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Dame Traveler by Nastasia Yakoub Pdf

A breathtaking celebration of Instagram's premier solo female travel community, featuring 200 striking photographs—most of them all-new—plus empowering messages and practical tips for solo travelers. “For those with passports full of stories, this book carries you away to every dreamy corner of the earth. I can’t stop flipping through these visually incandescent pages to see where I’m capable of traveling to next!”—Caila Quinn, The Bachelor contestant and lifestyle and travel influencer From backpackers in Peru to artists in Berlin to storytellers in Morocco, Dame Traveler celebrates the diversity and bravery of women from around the world who are not afraid to think (and live) outside the box. The revolutionary Dame Traveler Instagram account was founded by Nastasia Yakoub, who was born into a strict Chaldean-Middle Eastern community where women are expected to marry young and put aside other personal ambitions. But at the age of twenty, Nastasia embarked on a solo trip to South Africa to volunteer at an orphanage in Cape Town, which sparked a love of world travel. Recognizing a void in the travel industry, she founded Dame Traveler, the first female travel community on Instagram, now more than half a million strong. Nastasia herself has traveled to sixty-three countries on solo adventures, sharing colorful photos of her tantalizing travels along the way. Dame Traveler celebrates these women with a photographic collection of 200 stunning images paired with inspiring captions, 80% of which have never been seen on the Instagram account. Organized into sections on architecture, culture, nature, and water, each entry features travel information, plus tips, advice, unique solo-travel experiences, and wisdom from contributing globe-trotters to embolden the next generation of Dame Travelers.

Author : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Publisher : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Happy in Hanoi: The Local Guide to Hanoi, Vietnam by Elly Thuy Nguyen Pdf

Hanoi: a maze of alleys, lakes, pagodas, jazz clubs, cafes, and Soviet statues. Even for us Vietnamese people, Hanoi is infamously inscrutable. It’s Vietnam’s enigma wrapped in a mystery, with egg cream on top. You can take the easy, well-trodden path: the tourist market, the tourist pho restaurant, the tourist beer street, and a dude in a glass case. Or you can go local: eat the pho that Vietnamese foodies eat, drink the coffee VIetnamese hipsters drink, and hang out on the other beer street, the one that’s not in any guidebooks, the one for locals. I'll even show you a super-creepy abandoned amusement park. Instead of canned propaganda, you'll understand the real stories behind the places and people you’re seeing. You'll meet “the locals.” Yes, they’d love to chat with you, they want to practice their English, and no, they don’t hate Americans. Nobody cares about the war anymore. We’ll wander down sketchy alleys and experience amazing places you’d never find in mass-market, foreigner-produced, ChatGPT-written guidebooks. I’ll also teach you practical skills to break away from the guided tours and well-worn tourist attractions: the lowdown on Vietnam visas (the rules were completely changed in 2023), how to get around, how to buy things, what to say, and what (and whom!) to avoid. My guidebooks took you to Saigon and Da Nang. You had a great time. Now, let’s meet the final boss: Hanoi. You’ll love it, I promise.

Author : Tony Houseworth
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781291200478

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Saigon: Top 10 Guide to Ho Chi Minh City 2013 by Tony Houseworth Pdf

Author : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Publisher : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Undiscovered Quy Nhon: The Local Guide to Vietnam's Beach Paradise by Elly Thuy Nguyen Pdf

Wide-open beaches, Insta-worthy scenery, five-dollar seafood feasts, and villagers excited to see visitors… You’ve never heard of Quy Nhon, despite its stunning scenery and welcoming atmosphere. Neither have all the tourists. That’s the point. I’ll show you where to go, where to stay, what to experience, and of course, where to eat and drink. The travel bloggers are wrong about Ky Co Beach. I’ll show you how to do Ky Co like an expert. But there's a little-known beach that's a million times better than Ky Co, with soft sand, rolling waves, and a giant Buddha statue. I'll take you there. Quy Nhon’s biggest seafood restaurant, the one with the pretty-girl waitresses, isn’t all that great. I’ll show you much better seafood. We’ll make Vietnamese sashimi hand rolls for lunch. In the fishing villages I show you, people will ask to pose for photos with anyone they don’t recognize. For dinner, you can choose your free-range chicken while it’s still free on the range. Then we'll have coffee in a miniature lighthouse, and explore a creepy abandoned theme park. Let’s discover Quy Nhon!

Author : Robert Storey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
ISBN : 086442311X

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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) by Robert Storey Pdf

With Vietnam's economy poised to take off, Ho Chi Minh City seems destined to become a great Asian destination. This guide is designed to help the reader make the most of their stay in the area

Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780241234921

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Ho Chi Minh City (Rough Guides Snapshot Vietnam) by Rough Guides Pdf

The Rough Guide Snapshot to Ho Chi Minh City is the ultimate travel guide to Vietnam's effervescent metropolis. It leads you through the city and on trips out of town, with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from the teeming Ben Thanh Market to the moving War Remnants Museum and the fascinating Jade Emperor Pagoda. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you make the most of your trip, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. Also included is the Basics section from The Rough Guide to Vietnam, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around Vietnam, including transport, food, drink, costs, health, festivals and shopping. Also published as part of The Rough Guide to Vietnam. The Rough Guide Snapshot to Ho Chi Minh City is equivalent to 83 print pages.

Author : Dana Filek-Gibson
Publisher : Moon Travel
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781631217265

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Moon Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) by Dana Filek-Gibson Pdf

Moon Travel Guides: Your World, Your Way With its mix of modern architecture, deep history, and dynamic culture, Ho Chi Minh City is the future of Vietnam. Inside Moon Ho Chi Minh City you'll find: Strategic itineraries for seeing the best of the city, plus worthwhile excursions to Pho Quoc Island, the Con Dao Islands, and the Cu Chi Tunnels Detailed maps and full-color photos throughout Activities and ideas for every traveler: Absorb history at the War Remnants Museum or the Reunification Palace, or explore the posh District 1 for some beautiful (and affordable!) retail therapy. Savor the fragrant incense at the Thien Hau Pagoda, or sample the best of the city's innovative cuisine, including street food vendors like the famed Lunch Lady. Experience the best of HCMC after dark with craft beer and live music at nightclubs or backpacker bars. Hop over to Pho Quoc Island for a relaxing beach day and a seafood dinner, where your meal goes from a tank to a grill to your plate Expert insight from journalist and expat Dana Filek-Gibson on her adopted home Useful tips on health and safety, sustainable travel, traveling solo as a woman, and scheduling group tours Honest advice on when to go, how to get around, and where to stay, plus a handy Vietnamese phrasebook Thorough information on the landscape, history, and local culture, all packaged in a book light enough to fit in your carry-on With Moon Ho Chi Minh City's expert advice, myriad activities, and local know-how, you can plan your trip your way. Seeing more than just the city? Check out Moon Vietnam. Expanding your trip? Try Moon Phuket & Ko Samui, or Moon Angkor Wat.

Author : By By Locals
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1519616759

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Vietnam: by Locals - a Vietnam Travel Guide Written by a Vietnamese by By By Locals Pdf

What will you find in this unique travel guide to Vietnam? Geography And Climate Culture And Religion Getting to Vietnam Hanoi, The Capital City Where To Stay In Hanoi What To Eat And Drink In Hanoi Where To Go / What To Do In Hanoi Saigon Or Ho Chi Minh City Getting Around In Saigon Hue Hoi An Sapa Nha Trang Other Must-See Places in Vietnam Extra Unique Tips From A Local

Author : Francis Morgan
Publisher : Soffer Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Vacation Goose Travel Guide Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam by Francis Morgan Pdf

Vacation Goose Travel Guide Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam is an easy to use small pocket book filled with all you need for your stay in the big city. Top 50 city attractions, top 50 nightlife adventures, top 50 city restaurants, top 50 shopping centers, top 50 hotels, and more than a dozen monthly weather statistics. This travel guide is up to date with the latest developments of the city as of 2017. We hope you let this pocket book be part of yet another fun Ho Chi Minh City adventure :)

Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781789192414

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The Rough Guide to Vietnam (Travel Guide eBook) by Rough Guides Pdf

Discover this exciting destination with the most incisive and entertaining guidebook on the market. Whether you plan to take a boat trip through stunning Ha Long Bay, trek in the mountains around Sa Pa or browse Ho Chi Minh's markets, this new edition of The Rough Guide to Vietnam will show you the ideal places to sleep, eat, drink, shop and visit along the way. Inside The Rough Guide to Vietnam - Independent, trusted reviews written with Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and insight, to help you get the most out of your visit, with options to suit every budget. - Full-colour maps throughout - navigate the tangle of streets of Hanoi's Old Quarter or Ho Chi Minh's Cho Lon district without needing to get online. - Stunning images - a rich collection of inspiring colour photography. - Itineraries - carefully planned routes to help you organize your trip. - Detailed regional coverage - whether off the beaten track or in more mainstream tourist destinations, this travel guide has in-depth practical advice for every step of the way. Areas covered include: Mekong Delta; Hanoi; Ho Chi Minh City and Hoi An; Da Lat; Nha Trang; My Son; Mui Ne; Da Nang; Hue; Cat Ba Island; Sa Pa. Attractions include: Ha Long Bay; Cu Chi Tunnels; Lak Lake; Tam Coc; Po Klong Garai; Cao Dai Great Temple; Bahnar villages; Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark; The Citadel, Hue and Tet. - Basics - essential pre-departure practical information including getting there, local transport, accommodation, food and drink, health, the media, crime and personal safety, festivals and religious events, sports and outdoor activities, shopping, travelling with children and more. - Background information - a Contexts chapter devoted to history, religion and beliefs, Vietnam's ethnic minorities, environmental issues, music and theatre, books, movies and film, plus a handy language section and glossary. About Rough Guides: Escape the everyday with Rough Guides. We are a leading travel publisher known for our "tell it like it is" attitude, up-to-date content and great writing. Since 1982, we've published books covering more than 120 destinations around the globe, with an ever-growing series of ebooks, a range of beautiful, inspirational reference titles, and an award-winning website. We pride ourselves on our accurate, honest and informed travel guides.

Author : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1500577839

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Eat Saigon by Elly Thuy Nguyen Pdf

Snails fresh off the grill, bowls of fresh dumplings, late-night goat curry, rotten fish soup, and ice cream, ice cream everywhere! Did you think Vietnamese food is just pho? There's some amazing pho here in Saigon, but that's not even the beginning of good eating here! Stay away from the bland, overpriced tourist traps, and follow the trail of in-the-know, food-obsessed Saigonese people for the best Vietnamese meals ever. Come to Saigon and chow down big. This is the newly updated, 2015 edition of Eat Saigon, the insider's guide to eating like a real Saigonese local. This book guides you through twenty Saigonese food categories, and tell you where in-the-know Saigonese people find those foods. Want some grilled pork chops? Or crab and snail soup? Or durian smoothies? Or even Vietnamese microbreweries that have never seen any tourists? It's all in here. You'll be welcomed at each of these places, and even if you don't speak a word of Vietnamese, I guarantee you'll be able to make sense of things. No matter what anyone told you, $10 USD is not a reasonable price for a meal in Saigon! You're being ripped off! And your $10 meal probably has smaller portions and lower quality than my $2 meal. And no matter what any foreign travel writer told you, Ngon is not a good Vietnamese restaurant, and Pho 24 is not a good place for pho! Let me show you some much, much better alternatives. The restaurants I recommend in this book are primarily near the center of the city, easy for you to access, and serve meals costing around 50,000 dong ($2.34 USD). They're the favorites of native Saigonese people like me. You can easily reach them by walking or taking a Vinasun taxi. You'll get by without speaking any Vietnamese -- not just because the language of "hungry" is universal, but also because restaurant staff do speak some basic English, and this book includes Vietnamese phrases you might use in restaurants. The restaurants I recommend have lots of local business already, and don't need to court tourists or guidebook writers. So they don't appear in other guidebooks. In fact, almost all of the restaurants appearing on Tripadvisor or in Lonely Planet are exclusively tourist restaurants, and not only do Vietnamese people not go to them, but Vietnamese people have never even heard of them, unless they work there. So who (or whom) are you going to trust? Millions of Saigonese locals, or some foreign travel writer who just dropped out of the sky? Yes, I thought that would be your answer. Get ready for steaming hot chicken pho. And a dim sum emporium, with Cantonese opera performances every morning, and zero tourists. Oh, oh, and there's always Cambodian pork noodles... ahhhhh! Get over here already. Eat Saigon!

Author : Mason Florence,Robert Storey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0864426143

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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) by Mason Florence,Robert Storey Pdf

Featuring information on accommodations, restaurants, transportation options, night life, political conditions, and more, for both business and leisure travelers of all budgets, this new city guide to Saigon is complemented by a new edition of the Vietnamese Phrasebook. Full-color map.

Author : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Publisher : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Secrets to Live in Vietnam on $500 a Month by Elly Thuy Nguyen Pdf

Live well for $500 a month Vietnam has warm weather, fast internet, cheap, modern apartments, great food, and low prices on everything. In Vietnam, you're not just living cheaply, but living very well for very little money. Whether you're a digital nomad, a long-term traveller, a location-independent entrepreneur, a retiree, or all of the above, and whether your budget is $500 a month or $1,000 a month or $5,000 a month, Vietnam is a great place for you to live. A good meal costs $1, a month of mobile data costs $5, and seeing the doctor costs $3 It's easy to live well in Vietnam. But there's not much information out there about Vietnam. Most digital nomads go to Thailand. Vietnam is actually a much better and cheaper option. Take it from Elly I'm Elly Nguyen, author of the acclaimed My Saigon series of travel guidebooks to Vietnam. In my books, I've shown thousands of travelers the best of Vietnam. Now I want to help digital nomads and others who may be interested in longer stays in Vietnam. Inside info to make your stay a success Prices of everything from meals to massages to apartments Secret three words for finding an apartment for the Vietnamese local price A typical digital nomad's day in Vietnam Being a solo woman in Vietnam Why Vietnamese people like me don't ride motorcycles around town Making (useful) Vietnamese friends and dating Vietnamese girls or guys The lowdown on dealing with government and police How not to find yourself wearing concrete boots in the Saigon river Language tips Reasons you might not like Vietnam This is a complete inside guide to living in Vietnam, with local information to help you decide whether you want to move here, and to make your stay a great one.