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Sunday 19th July 2009
Ho Chi Minh city
Today we arrived in Ho Chi Minh. When we got here I didn't think it
was much different than Phnom Penh, other than the fact their were no
tuktuks.
As we got of the bus some guy told us that our hostel was quite close
and we could walk. Unfortunately what he didn't tell us was that there
were two Yellow House hostels and took us to the wrong hostel which was
quite confusing.
We eventually found the right hostel and lets just say that is basic
again, my bed is literally just a materess on the floor and there and
numerous holes in the bathroom door which isn't exactly perfect.
However it is located in the very centre of the city.
We got rid of our bags and went for dinner. Dinner was nice exept I
got ripped off. The whole deal here with dong and dollar is very
confusing, however we seem to have found that if you use dollar in
shops and resturants they give you a crap exchange rate of 16,000
compaired to 18,000 to the dollar which they give you in the excange
places.
Anyway I think we are going to have a early night after our early rise
and will probibly go to the markets and shops. Designer fakes here I
come!!!! Only problem is that my bag is very full and quite heavy :(.
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