Day 2 - Finding my feet in Vietnam

After I finally arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (from delays in getting stuck in Darwin for a 24 hours), I find myself overwhelmed.

I'm staying at a Hotel in District one (The tourist area) called Thang Long Hotel. My room is a little small, but everything else is good, for example the FREE Wireless Internet. It only cost my $21 a night through www.agoda.com

From the airport, i was told by numerous travel blogs that the Taxes can rip you off, well, its not so bad.

Negotiate a price first. In my case, I approached an taxi agent inside the airport (The are middlemen), they Quote me 190k VND, I said 150k VND, they said OK.

So yeah, agent will try to rip you off. Luckly, i asked the Currency Exchange person on the Taxi price to disctrict 1 before i approached the Taxi Agent.

Then the agent took me to a VINASUN taxi (Said to be the Most reputable), i was on my way. Note that, there is a airport tax for the TAXIs in which you have to pay, make sure you ask them about this charge before you make the deal with the agent.

I didn't pay the taxi, so be firm about it and say that is NOT PART of the DEAL.