The Saigon Mini 5 Hotel and Ho Chi Minh City

The Saigon Mini Hotel 5.



The view from our room.


Our hotel is called the Saigon Mini Hotel 5. It's not much to look at but was clean and friendly and is located in the backpacker district, which is really colorful. I wish we had some time to explore. One day here is not enough.


Purchasing a bobble headed toy outside the Ben Thanh market =
Gullible Tourist.


We went to the Ben Thanh market and did a quick walk through, and hired a cab to do a bit of sight seeing on the fly, but our timing was off and the few things we wanted to see, the Catherdral and a Pagoda, were closed. So we headed into the heart of district 1 and had lunch across from the landmark Rex Hotel. We would have eaten at their famed rooftop restaurant, but frankly it was too hot to sit outside. An Chi had a banana split for lunch and I told her she can have as much ice cream as we can find on this trip.

We attended the press conference at the Bong Sen hotel around the corner and apparently we are on the new throughout the week on the news stations.

After that, back to the hotel and sleep!


An Chi at breakfast, Kristi and Ashton in the background.