Saigon – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Thu, 17 May 2018 08:48:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Great Escape: Month 6 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-6-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-escape-month-6-roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-6-roundup/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=6614 Each month I take some time to reflect not just what I’m doing, but how I’m doing. You can read my previous roundups here, here, here, and here. Reading through my Month 5 Roundup and my Cambodia vs. Vietnam comparison, it’s no secret that Vietnam didn’t “speak to me” the way that Cambodia did. I had […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-6-roundup/feed/ 25 Vietnam: Love it or Hate it https://www.alexinwanderland.com/vietnam-love-it-or-hate-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vietnam-love-it-or-hate-it https://www.alexinwanderland.com/vietnam-love-it-or-hate-it/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=5510 I can think of very few countries that inspire as passionately varied reactions from travelers as Vietnam does. Its fans wax poetic about the breathtaking landscape, the intriguing culture and the resilient population. Its detractors spew bitterly about the traffic, the crime, and most of all: the unfriendly people. I’m fascinated by this. What is it […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/vietnam-love-it-or-hate-it/feed/ 261 Caged and Outraged: The Sad State of the Ho Chi Minh City Zoo https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-ho-chi-minh-city-zoo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ho-chi-minh-city-zoo https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-ho-chi-minh-city-zoo/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:50:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=6451 Ho Chi Minh City Zoo
Are you looking for a fun, family friendly activity or attraction in Ho Chi Minh City? Let me give you some hard-earned travel advice: Do not go to the Ho Chi Minh City Zoo. In our last few days in Vietnam we were back in Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon, as I often refer to […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-ho-chi-minh-city-zoo/feed/ 60 Alex In Wanderland War Tourism in Vietnam https://www.alexinwanderland.com/war-tourism-in-vietnam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=war-tourism-in-vietnam https://www.alexinwanderland.com/war-tourism-in-vietnam/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:50:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=5470 This post is super long. Read it anyway. If your attention span is short, skip ahead to My Reactions. For many people in this world, “Vietnam” is the name of a war and not a tourist destination. I’m ashamed to say I knew very little about the Vietnam War (or what the Vietnamese call the American […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/war-tourism-in-vietnam/feed/ 28 Welcome To Vietnam: Saigon Nearly Broke Me https://www.alexinwanderland.com/saigon-vietnam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saigon-vietnam https://www.alexinwanderland.com/saigon-vietnam/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:50:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=6142 Food in Vietnam
Arriving bleary-eyed off the overnight bus from Phnom Penh, I instantly felt weary of Ho Chi Minh City. The city, more commonly known as Saigon, is beloved by some of my favorite travel bloggers. That, combined with the fact that I love South East Asian cities, from Phnom Penh to Bangkok, led me to assume that […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/saigon-vietnam/feed/ 46 Alex In Wanderland Photo of the Week 23 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-of-the-week-23/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-week-23 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-of-the-week-23/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:50:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=5079 It’s that time of the week again… look at some photos and vote your heart out! Photo A This might be my favorite photo of the week, but I hesitate to use it because it was taken on our very last day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and since the rest of our six days were spent […]
 
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