Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)

[jackbl]

HCMC to hold firework shows on New Year’s Eve
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Ho Chi Minh City is set to hold high-range firework shows at midnight on New Year’s Eve, Dec 31, to celebrate the new year 2014.

The 15-minute pyrotechnic performances will be held at the front end of the Saigon River tunnel in district 2 and Dam Sen Park in district 11.

Other highlights to embrace the year 2014 include the “Street light” show, to run from Dec 19 to Jan 2 in downtown areas, and art performances in Ben Nghe canal and Gia Dinh Park on Dec 31 and Jan 1.

Meanwhile, to welcome the Lunar New Year, the city will also hold the “Book street fest” on Mac Thi Buoi, Nguyen Hue and Ngo Duc Ke streets in district 1 from Jan 28, 2014 to Feb 3, or from the 28th day of the last month in the lunar calendar to the 4th day of the Lunar New Year.

“Nguyen Hue Flower Street fest” will also run on Nguyen Hue street in district 1 during the same time period with the Book Street fest. The Flower Street fest will feature vegetables and fruits installation exhibits along with stunning flower arrangements.

[AtlasShrugged]

Originally Posted by jackbl

McDonald’s to open 1st restaurant in Vietnam after Tet

Will we be seeing FAT vn girls in future??
Hope not.

[decent02]

Originally Posted by jackbl

McDonald’s to open 1st restaurant in Vietnam after Tet
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Can eat big breakfast ...another option.

[volcano]

Originally Posted by AtlasShrugged

Will we be seeing FAT vn girls in future??
Hope not.

dont think so as KFC and Lotteria has been around for years..

but i think young kids will be definitely...

[bolueeleh]

Originally Posted by AtlasShrugged

Will we be seeing FAT vn girls in future??
Hope not.

vn girls are too vain and too smart to get fat

[mutantchicken]

Originally Posted by bolueeleh

vn girls are too vain and too smart to get fat

so that means your only get fat when you stupid?...arrhhh thats why so many fat men chase after vbs even when teh vb say they only wnat to be friends...thanks for the enlightenment

[Demonboy84]

All taikos,

I'm going to HCM very soon.
Well i'm a KTV interested guy, so i did asked my kaki that went before for some advise. He said he been one in Hai Ba Trung street. He said the name can't really recall but something call BMW wor (Don't know he got hao siao me or not la)...

Anyone knew this place? Wild or not? Or there are better place?

Thanks.

[cheatdeath]

My cousin works as a tour guide in viet nam, often he takes groups on tours all over HCMC, or even to other cities like da nang, nha trang, phu quoc, da lat, etc..

when I go on tour with him, I notice a lot of vietnamese kids like to spend money on food. When ever our tour was at a stop, all the kids would buzz around venders buying everything from chips, snacks, fried foods, candy, etc.

Mc donalds will make a lot of money in viet nam, like a lot!

Originally Posted by jackbl

McDonald’s to open 1st restaurant in Vietnam after Tet
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[mutantchicken]

Originally Posted by Demonboy84

All taikos,

I'm going to HCM very soon.
Well i'm a KTV interested guy, so i did asked my kaki that went before for some advise. He said he been one in Hai Ba Trung street. He said the name can't really recall but something call BMW wor (Don't know he got hao siao me or not la)...

Anyone knew this place? Wild or not? Or there are better place?

Thanks.

i believe what you are doing is a case of the blind "leading the blind"...i as part of my "tour" service..i took a fellow samster to my own "local" scene, then as a cpomparison i took him to both Lodge Bui and Napoly. both places frequently reported here...curruently lodge is TERRIBLE...the bar tenders afe FAT and "pork chop"..the PR girls are old and seasoned...but nevertheless tehre was still a group of younger Singy guys, with the obviously "leader" acting like they all seasoned pro party there...quite sad...another case of the blind leading the blind...napoly..the bar tenders not so good as b4, the PR still stricking an dattractive, but if you wnat fresh and innocent, well that is not what you will find, unlike my own "hunting" grounds. Napoly is still full of older men using money to achieve theire goal, but the band now is a vietnamese girl band playing viet music so it now has a vk or monied viet local crowd nore so than in the past where u would see lots of ang mo and other asian foreigners.

My suggestion to you is pm the regualr posters and find out who knows what and who is reliable, speak to these people and use your own judgemnet to find out if these people can provide what you look for, based on your time and budget.

[cheatdeath]

The drive thru will be great, because I can pick up food from the drive thru, go to a nice spot in district one, park my bike on the sidewalk and eat.

Originally Posted by jackbl

McDonald’s to open 1st restaurant in Vietnam after Tet
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[jackbl]

Originally Posted by Demonboy84

I'm going to HCM very soon.

Ho Chi Minh City undergoes coldest spell in decade
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The temperature in the southern region of Vietnam has dropped dramatically, especially at night and early morning, as the latest cold spell from the north is moving southwards, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Center.

In Ho Chi Minh City, the temperature has dropped to 18-19 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the last 10 years while that in neighboring localities is hovering around 17-20 degrees Celsius.

According to the center, the temperature will pick up to 21.1 degrees Celsius on the last day of 2013 (December 31), the same rate recorded in HCMC in 2004.

This range of the temperatures can be maintained or may reduce by 0.5 - 1 degree Celsius in the coming days, while there will be thick fog in the morning in HCMC and other southern localities.

The cool weather will last until the New Year’s Day, then get a little warmer until January 5-6, 2014 when a new wave of cold spell kicks in.

Although the temperature in the southern region has dropped so low, it is still 3 - 4 degrees Celsius higher compared to record figures.

Specifically, the lowest temperature ever in Phuoc Long District in Binh Phuoc Province and in HCMC is 13 degrees Celsius and 16.4 degrees Celsius in January 1993 and December 1999, respectively.

Meanwhile, a record low temperature is still blanketing the northern provinces with temperatures ranging from 5 to 10 degrees Celsius. It dropped to 1.6-5.3 degrees Celsius in the mountainous region, especially in Mau Son (1.6 degrees C) and Sapa (2.7 degrees C).

Two weeks ago, the temperature in Sapa dropped to below zero, causing heavy snowfall that triggered a traffic jam spanning nearly 5 km on a mountain pass in the northern province of Lao Cai. An estimated loss of VND15 billion (US$711,068) to vegetables and cattle in the area was recorded.

[bballjones]

Hi all, I've recently been frequenting a street in tan binh district near the airport with lots of bj cafes for 120k. There's also 2 HTGD next to each other that that looks to be FJ. I've been meaning to try them out but wanted to know the price before going in. Don't want to spoil the market. Any regulars (mutantchicken?) shed any light on this? I'm thinking it should be at least cheaper than the korean shops since it's not as nice looking, the shops i mean. the girls look good enough. Thanks.

[Singkieu]

Originally Posted by Demonboy84

All taikos,

I'm going to HCM very soon.
Well i'm a KTV interested guy, so i did asked my kaki that went before for some advise. He said he been one in Hai Ba Trung street. He said the name can't really recall but something call BMW wor (Don't know he got hao siao me or not la)...

Anyone knew this place? Wild or not? Or there are better place?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by mutantchicken

...My suggestion to you is pm the regualr posters and find out who knows what and who is reliable, speak to these people and use your own judgemnet to find out if these people can provide what you look for, based on your time and budget.

Good advice by MC but Demonboy84, please don't PM me because I'm not a KTV regular.

[phighter]

So there's a fabled KTV out in Dong Nai/Binh Duong that said to be good times and girls with great Chinese abilities. Finally had a chance to visit with the courtesy of a few samsters

Taxi: about 300k and 30m-60m ride.

KTV Decor: quite nice/okay. its not local place (plain, empty room). but it also wasn't amazing.

KTV equip: pretty good. touch screen. real music videos/songs. english/chinese/other languages.

Girls to take home: first line of girls were take home girls. About 10 girls in line up. Mostly old/ugly. one or two was quite okay (6/10 or 7/10). But of the 6 of us, only 1 chose a girl from this line.

Girls without take home: many girls, brought in a few waves. probably saw 30 girls in total. the first few waves were okay, only 1 or 2 girls chosen from each wave. but from the sheer quantity of girls being shown we ended up with a room of ~8-10 girls from 7/10 to 9/10.

Some sammies had 2 girls. it seems if u get 2 girls, they switch off sitting with you.

Not all girls speak chinese, but quite a lot of them did.

Bill was about $3m for 6 of us, about 2 hours. Tip was another $2m (i wasn't involved with the bill, but my guess is that we had a guide bring us out from HCMC to this place, so had to tip the guide on top of everything).

Then tip to individual girls were 500k for not butterflying. butterflies get 300k. (my opinion 200k-300k is okay/500k too much). but again, i was on the gratuity of these samsters who was being shown by a guide, and this is what the guide said, so i won't raise hell).

[cheatdeath]

anyone know where in viet nam I can rent a nice yacht, and what the rates are?

I have always wanted to bang a hottie on a nice yacht.