I'm not sure where I can place this post so here goes.
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I have squeezed dry every drop of what I have, and dug deep into every of my ang baos that I got after Cina New Year and realised I have enough!
Enough to get tickets on a shady budget airline to Ho Chi Minh City during my holidays End- May. I thought whatever it takes, whether sleeping a hostel, a budget hotel and eating pho and "unknown floating objects" on the streets, I must do the following things:
1. reach HCMC,
2. roam the streets of HCMC, Cu Chi and Mekong
3. and get a second hand film SLR camera at Nguyen Hue, develop and bring lots of pictures home, printed.
I am doing all these of course with an extremely tight budget and lots of questions, for the good folks here at clubsnap who have survived HCMC, or who live there.
1. Does Tiger Airways = Mad rush to check in, mad rush across the runway, and mad rush to seats?
2. I would most probably be staying at An An Hotel, Bui Vien. Is that hotel really that shady? How about other hotels at Pham Ngu Lao? Any recommendations?
3. If I can get a second hand FM2 for $200 in Singapore, how much can I get one there? And which of the shops at Nguyen Hue can give me a really good deal (for a decent working FM2). (Doesn't really have to be a shop).
4. Where around District 1/ 3 can I tailor great clothes at affordable prices?
5. Where else besides Mekong Delta, Cu Chi and Cao Dai Great Temple can I visit to get great shots?
6. How to say "Where is the toilet?" in Vietnamese?
Would really appreciate it if you can help a brother out. And I will see what I can come out for you guys to see using my second- hand DSLR after the trip in June.
This will be fun.
Cam On guys. (Is that how I use that word?)
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I have squeezed dry every drop of what I have, and dug deep into every of my ang baos that I got after Cina New Year and realised I have enough!
Enough to get tickets on a shady budget airline to Ho Chi Minh City during my holidays End- May. I thought whatever it takes, whether sleeping a hostel, a budget hotel and eating pho and "unknown floating objects" on the streets, I must do the following things:
1. reach HCMC,
2. roam the streets of HCMC, Cu Chi and Mekong
3. and get a second hand film SLR camera at Nguyen Hue, develop and bring lots of pictures home, printed.
I am doing all these of course with an extremely tight budget and lots of questions, for the good folks here at clubsnap who have survived HCMC, or who live there.
1. Does Tiger Airways = Mad rush to check in, mad rush across the runway, and mad rush to seats?
2. I would most probably be staying at An An Hotel, Bui Vien. Is that hotel really that shady? How about other hotels at Pham Ngu Lao? Any recommendations?
3. If I can get a second hand FM2 for $200 in Singapore, how much can I get one there? And which of the shops at Nguyen Hue can give me a really good deal (for a decent working FM2). (Doesn't really have to be a shop).
4. Where around District 1/ 3 can I tailor great clothes at affordable prices?
5. Where else besides Mekong Delta, Cu Chi and Cao Dai Great Temple can I visit to get great shots?
6. How to say "Where is the toilet?" in Vietnamese?
Would really appreciate it if you can help a brother out. And I will see what I can come out for you guys to see using my second- hand DSLR after the trip in June.
This will be fun.
Cam On guys. (Is that how I use that word?)