Our next destination is the Mekong Delta. In the morning, we leave Ho Chi Minh City by minibus. The working population approaches us in a scooter-pulk. We soon reach the surrounding countryside. The motorway is dead-straight and it leads through endless rice fields, orchards, and countless canals. After a one and a half hours drive […]
Ho Chi Minh City
City walk in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City has more than 7 million inhabitants. It is the economic center of Vietnam. The title of this article, city walk in Ho Chi Minh City, is a little broadly formulated, then said more exactly it is only a tour by the center. Unfortunately, we cannot go to important districts like Cholon, […]
War Remnants Museum
The War Remnants Museum is one of the most popular museums in Vietnam. In our youth, the images of the Vietnam War have dominated the day. However, the images were mostly filtered by the Americans and the comments influenced by their policies. Here one has the possibility to take a look at this war from […]
Phan Boi Chau Night Market in Ho Chi Minh City
On the way from the Ruby River Hotel* to the Phan Boi Chau Night Market, we pass the Quach Thi Trang Roundabout. It is a huge roundabout before the Benh Thanh Market. Name giving was the 15-year-old student Quach Thi Trang who was shot in protests against the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem in […]
Ruby River Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
The Ruby River Hotel* is located in the Nguyen Thai Binh Street, a side street of the Pho Duc Chinh. Within a 7 to 8 minutes walk, you can reach the Benh Thanh Market, the central market of the city and the Phan Boi Chau Night Market in the adjoining street of the same name. […]