HCM in 2 1/2 days

We only have 2 1/2 days in HCM Feb 13-15. We are booked at Lavender Hotel across Ben Tanh Market, where we arrive mid afternoon on Feb 13.

We will go on the usual city tour (which is part of our tour package) on the morning of Feb 14. What places could we visit outside of the usual tour circuit in the afternoon?

We plan to visit the Cu Chi Tunnel on Feb 15. Is there any place you can recommend we go after the Cu Chi Tunnel? Is it good to combine Cu Chi with Mekong River?

Thanks for ur help in planning our HCM sojourn.

Weather at end of Sept. in Can Tho - itinerary suggestions

I was thinking about two nights in the Vinh Long-Can Tho area at the end of September. Is this a bad time of year to visit? Would I be better off spending more time elsewhere in Vietnam instead? Do you have any itinerary suggestions? I plan to arrive from HCMC by boat and to arrange for ground transportation once I get there.

Many thanks.

Weather at end of Sept. in Can Tho - itinerary suggestions

Good morning from Jason !

September is ok for you to visit Can Tho .

It is great that you will have 2 nights in Mekong Delta

Here is my suggestion :

Day 1 : You will go to My Tho city for boat trip and sampan tour, stay overnight at Ba Duc homestay. The house owner will show you how to make Vietnamese springrolls

Day 2 : You will leave Ba Duc house at 06:00 AM for sunrise Cai Be floating market trip, have a walking tour around local village and you will visit Cai Be mainland market. You will have great fun there. You will explore Cai Be town later after breakfast at Ba Duc home and you will go to other local house for home cooked lunch and then go to Can Tho to check in at Kim Tho hotel

Day 3 : You will wake up at 05:30 AM, go to Cai Rang floating market at 05:45 AM, arrive there at 06:30 AM, enjoy fresh pineapple. You will admire how the local people cut pineppale. You will go to Cai Rang mainland fish %26amp; rat market. Go back to hotel for breakfast. Take shuttle boat of Phu Sa to visit island for crocodile fishing and playing with monkey at large

You will go back to Can Tho for lunch at Sao Hom restaurant and head back to Saigon. On the way back to Saigon, you will ask your guide/ car driver to stop at Mekong Rest Stop in My Tho for toilet, for passing monkey bridge, for photos and for coffee

Best regards

Jason SSS

HCMC to Rach Gia

can anyone give me advise on the Mekong Delta. Am looking to go from HCMC to Rach Gia in a short space of time. 2 days if thats possible.i would of course like to take in some of the sites. what is the best way to do this. Private car?

Train Trip From Ho chi Minh to HAnoi

Has anyone done a train trip from HCM to Hanoi? I would like some suggestions or ideas and the cost?

Thanks

Train Trip From Ho chi Minh to HAnoi

The train is slow and a noisy if you hate the noise. It%26#39;s better to travel half way to Danang to visit Hoi An then again night train to Hanoi. The price is about 1,2 million Vietnam Dong for Saigon to Hanoi on the AC soft sleeper.

Train Trip From Ho chi Minh to HAnoi

Dear freddy,

Travelling by train sounds interesting, you can enjoy our scenery, definitely it will take 30 directly hours to complete the long distance by soft berth, costs around 75$ or hard seats is 38$.

You have some other ways by jetstar flight, costs about 80$ or open bus for each stops, lower than 55$

It depends your scheduled time %26amp; budget to carry out.

Do hope that you can find the best thing,

Have a nice vacation

Einstein

We travelled on the train HCMC to Hue. Best I can say is the toilets in our carriage stayed clean, if paperless. Slept very badly and arrived totally exhausted after over 20 hours on the train. No seats as such, just your bunk with an overhanging bunk; no food either (saw a ';menu'; but no food, and reports are that it%26#39;s not that flash anyway).

Between Danang (or Hue) and Hanoi, you have the option of the first class Livitrans train carriage on the SE1/SE2 - I paid $43. for Danang-Hanoi. Livitrans is the same company doing Hanoi-Lao Cai/Sapa - the benefit being a Western-standard carriage that is very clean and safe. I believe there is a similar first class train carriage between Saigon and Nha Trang. These are private carriages pulled by the famous Reunification Express trains.

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Need recommendation on good Ao Dai tailors in Hoi An

Hi, can anyone recommend a few good ao dai tailors in Hoi An? Can they make several in a couple of days and what is the average charge for tailoring since I will be providing my own fabric? Thank you.

Need recommendation on good Ao Dai tailors in Hoi An

Hi Jennifer,

I had an Ao Dai made at Mr Xe. Corner of Le Loi and Thai something something (can never remember that street name!!)

I think he out sourced it to a lady in another shop as I was wizzed off on a moto to get measured by her. He would recommend someone if you asked, or he would take it on and out source....

Either way it was stunning and well priced. I was there 2 full days and it was complete after 1 and a 1/2. I%26#39;m sure they could bang them out over a couple of days for you.

I used their silk, so I cannot help you with the second phase of your question unfortunately.

Snot

Need recommendation on good Ao Dai tailors in Hoi An

Thank you, Snot. I will check with Mr. Xe when I%26#39;m in Hoi An. I read alot of great reviews on Hoi An tailors, but none mentioned about ao dai tailors. Thanks for your recommendation.

Jennifer

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Ho Chi Minh City in April

I%26#39;ll be in Ho Chi Minh City for 1st week in April.

What will the weather be like?

Thanks

Ho Chi Minh City in April

KJM,

April is a good time to go to Vietnam ---HCMC will be hot and humid-----Hanoi SHOULD be cooler, though one April there years ago , Hanoi had a heat wave. Tourism is starting to fall off then ---Central VN should be stable weatherwise and HOT!

If it does rain in the north, central and south, the skies drop 3 inches of rain in 20 minutes , then fine again!

plover

P.S. ---I am not a weather forecaster, but that is my experience every year for the last 10 years!

mr xe

What is his address please?

I have read very mixed views, some not so good and others say he is superb.

I have previously been happy with Yaly, but with the dollar the way it is, they might be a bit pricey. Also in my previous experience with Yaly, although I was happy with the end result, I had to go back for so many fittings. In some of the clothes you can see where they have been unpicked. I agree with another post that said they make very snug, they do indeed and I am not a big person. Another factor is I am on a tour and will only be in Hoi An 2 days. So I need a tailor that can get it right the first or second time.

Also recommended is B%26#39;Lan.

Which is your choice?

Many Thanks

mr xe

Mr Xe%26#39;s address is 71 Nguyen Thai Hoc St, on the corner of Le Loi. I was very happy with what he made for me - he%26#39;s very particular/fussy about the fit, and it is %26#39;snug%26#39;, but you%26#39;ve only got to ask for a bit more room and I%26#39;m sure he%26#39;ll co-operate. I think the problem with tailor-made articles in Vietnam can be the fabric, not so much the sewing ... I think if you go with the attitude that you%26#39;re not going to get a Chanel outfit for $10, then you%26#39;ll be right. Not sure if 1 night would be enough, but ask him. Sorry, I don%26#39;t have any experience with B%26#39;Lan.

mr xe

Thank you very much for the address.

I will be in Hoi An, 2 nights so hopefully I should be able to get something made. I had a coat in mind.