Saigon part 1
Well we finished up in Hué and after a 3 hour delay due to fog finally boarded a plane to Saigon, upon arrival we promptly had a taxi try to screw us before reaching our overpriced, and remarkably tacky hotel (shows what you know lonely planet).
so we were in the Tourist section, I normally am in faqvour of avoiding this type of place but we were getting up early to try to catch a flight to a nice little island.
anyway it was absolutrly brimming with backpackers, travellers, potential sex tourists, the works. a total hussle and bussle, with lots of locals trying to flog lots of stuff to lots of tourists.
There were bars as far as the eye could see, and it certainly had a lively atmosphere to it
dropped our stuff and went in search of westerner food (authors note: I'm a firm believer that when in rome and all that, but frankly a burger sounded like a pimp'in idea). Had a few beers, all overpriced, but hey part of the experience. wandered some more, bought some pirated dvd's and all that.
on closer inspection it really hit me, the place had a really dity, sleazy feel to i, it felt like the foreigners were using the locals and the locals were using the foreigners, one for a godo time the other for their livelyhood. We saw alot of older single men there, and frankly it gave me the creeps, sure i'd see the same demographic on a golf course, but these one's were leering and everything in a skirt and a pulse.... not pretty at all, and i'm being far from prudish.
anyway ate some great tasting western pizza (italian inspired to be more specific...which im still suffering for today) and had an early night due to us going on stand by to get a flight to Phu Quoc island...as its hot and sunny and has beaches there...all the things im currently missing
so here now, a bit sunburnt and feeling great.
G
so we were in the Tourist section, I normally am in faqvour of avoiding this type of place but we were getting up early to try to catch a flight to a nice little island.
anyway it was absolutrly brimming with backpackers, travellers, potential sex tourists, the works. a total hussle and bussle, with lots of locals trying to flog lots of stuff to lots of tourists.
There were bars as far as the eye could see, and it certainly had a lively atmosphere to it
dropped our stuff and went in search of westerner food (authors note: I'm a firm believer that when in rome and all that, but frankly a burger sounded like a pimp'in idea). Had a few beers, all overpriced, but hey part of the experience. wandered some more, bought some pirated dvd's and all that.
on closer inspection it really hit me, the place had a really dity, sleazy feel to i, it felt like the foreigners were using the locals and the locals were using the foreigners, one for a godo time the other for their livelyhood. We saw alot of older single men there, and frankly it gave me the creeps, sure i'd see the same demographic on a golf course, but these one's were leering and everything in a skirt and a pulse.... not pretty at all, and i'm being far from prudish.
anyway ate some great tasting western pizza (italian inspired to be more specific...which im still suffering for today) and had an early night due to us going on stand by to get a flight to Phu Quoc island...as its hot and sunny and has beaches there...all the things im currently missing
so here now, a bit sunburnt and feeling great.
G
2 Comments:
From Helen..
Hey you know you can ask to see the room before taking one at a hotel?
We often would look in one, leave our bags with them if we thought it ok and look at a couple more up and down the street before deciding which one we'd take.
yeah fair call,
It was only 1 night so it wasn't a huge deal, but we've done that before.
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