Saigon, Vietnam
Saigon (officially Ho Chi Minh City) is one of those places that I always imagined as impossibly exotic and exciting, originating from the mythology surrounding the American war and its colonial past before that, I guess. As a consequence I tried to deliberately play it down in my mind so it would have achievable standards, however as it turns out, I shouldn't have bothered. The whole place is fizzing with energy from the moment you get into a cab at the airport ...