Day 1 17th July - Flyout out…
I had a very late night trying to finish packing and storing the rest of my stuff so mum and dad didn’t get to worried. I woke about 7:30 after getting to bed about 3am, but it was good the day had finally arrived. I found it very hard to wait two weeks to leave.
Mum gave me a lift to the airport which was great, then I checked in my bags and we had coffee for about an hour. I changed some money from my wallet and had over a million Dong :). The rate was 11600, but when I arrived in Vietnam it was 13400 so I would wait until you get here.
Then I wen through customs and boarded my cheap flight. The flight attendants were really nice but you really notice the service difference, but no I didn’t notice $300 difference so it was good. If you take Jetstar and they ask if you want a video player don’t get it, there was nothing on it, and you can barely hear them.
When we landed at Ho Chi Min city I was very excited, and when I walked out the door that pungent smell that I was longing for was there in full force, a mixture between heat, lots of people and something else. It immediately takes you out of your Australian thoughts and the adventure had started. Customs seemed to take forever, but I suppose I am normally in the express queue in Australia.
I asked someone from a tourist booth where the backpacker area was and they said Phong Ngu Lau, so 80000 Dong later I arrived. Found a pretty good hotel to start a base then went to get some food. This part was daunting, starting in the middle of no where not knowing anyone and eating alone. I ordered some Pho(Noodle Soup) Bo(with Beef) and had a great beer that went down a treat!
Wanting to actually talk to someone, I went to a bar and met three girls from the UK, they were good value and we kept going until about 3am. They were on the end of a tour around Asia, and were heading to Chu Ci tunnels the next day and asked me to come. I had to meet at their hotel at 8am so I hit the sack pretty soon after that.
Tags>> currency exchange Ho Chi Minh City JetStar Vietnam
How good is that!
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