Weekend getaway to Ho Chi Minh City

A typical traffic scene in Ho Chi Minh City


With in laws watching the bean, jin and i took off to a 4 day trip to HCMC. Jin got a great hotel deal for us to stay at the new Intercontinental hotel which came with free internet and a large LCD TV - we had a great time downloading LOST and 24 and watching many hours of it when the afternoon heat made it too hot to be outdoors.

There's really not that much to do in HCMC - we spent a morning traveling in style to see the CuChi tunnels. Traveling in style meant we got a speedboat to take us there and back cutting the 4 hour road journey time to just 2 hours via river.

Don't play play.. one should def watch where they are going here

Jin is just not a vietnamese - he can't fit into the hole soldiers used to hide in as they wait for their enemies

Hanging out with the local soldiers

After seeing the main attraction this city had to offer, the rest of the days were spent just walking the lanes , eating yummy vietnamese pho and spa-ing. we visited many art galleries in hope of finding a nice piece for the living room but the one we both loved was priced wayy out of our budget..sigh.

One of our fav eating spots - the food stalls inside Ben Tanh Market

Pho glorious Pho

Good salads too. we ate at this place twice!

Old style phone booths in the old post office