Vietnam Nov/December...

I was there in '97. Just HCMC and Nha Trang.

I'll be going back there with a friend sometime November or December
(not sure exactly yet).

I had seen some stuff about VN on TV and noticed it was built up a bit
since I was there. Cu Chi tunnels area looked much more Tourist slick
than when I was there.

I may have to hang around HCMC quite a bit and there's not much to do
there especially since I had been there once already.

Anything new/different worth seeing in HCMC since '97?

If I can escape HCMC how is the railroad for going up North these
days?

Any recomended 'must see' stops? Hue perhaps?

TIA

Dean

Hi,

I haven't spent a lot of time in HCMC, so can't offer much there.

If I can escape HCMC how is the railroad for going up North these
days?

Excellent....quite a range of trains to suit your budget and
timetable...from the "hard seats" to carriages with airline style seats
and airconditioning.

Any recomended 'must see' stops? Hue perhaps?

I always enjoy Hue, so would recommend a few days stopover.

How about Ha Noi? I live there and I like the central city.... a lot to
see and a lot different from HCMC and most other Asian cities.

Ha Noi can start to get cool in December as winter sets in.

Regards,

Mike

Hi,

I haven't spent a lot of time in HCMC, so can't offer much there.

If I can escape HCMC how is the railroad for going up North these
days?

Excellent....quite a range of trains to suit your budget and
timetable...from the "hard seats" to carriages with airline style seats
and airconditioning.

Any recomended 'must see' stops? Hue perhaps?

I always enjoy Hue, so would recommend a few days stopover.

How about Ha Noi? I live there and I like the central city.... a lot to
see and a lot different from HCMC and most other Asian cities.

Ha Noi can start to get cool in December as winter sets in.

Regards,

Mike

Hi,

I haven't spent a lot of time in HCMC, so can't offer much there.

If I can escape HCMC how is the railroad for going up North these
days?

Excellent....quite a range of trains to suit your budget and
timetable...from the "hard seats" to carriages with airline style seats
and airconditioning.

Any recomended 'must see' stops? Hue perhaps?

I always enjoy Hue, so would recommend a few days stopover.

How about Ha Noi? I live there and I like the central city.... a lot to
see and a lot different from HCMC and most other Asian cities.

Ha Noi can start to get cool in December as winter sets in.

Regards,

Mike

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:31:22 +0800, (Mike)
wrote:

Hi,

I haven't spent a lot of time in HCMC, so can't offer much there.

Lucky you. ;-)

It's dirty, crowded and just not a shiny happy place to be.

Excellent....quite a range of trains to suit your budget and
timetable...from the "hard seats" to carriages with airline style seats
and airconditioning.

Good to know. My Lonely Planet book is from 1995 so it's a bit out of
date. LOL. Do foreigners still get banged out some 400% per ticket?

The trains are pretty slow, huh?

Any recomended 'must see' stops? Hue perhaps?

I always enjoy Hue, so would recommend a few days stopover.

Yeah. Looks nice from the pictures I've seen.

How about Ha Noi? I live there and I like the central city.... a lot to
see and a lot different from HCMC and most other Asian cities.

Ha Noi can start to get cool in December as winter sets in.

Perhaps. I'll just play it by ear once I get there.

Thanks for the repply.

Dean