Tag: Saigon
Send Yourself A Postcard From Saigon Post Office
Whether it’s part of a day tour or you’re dropping by on your own, sending a postcard from the Saigon Central Post Office is one of the fun and inexpensive things to do in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I’ve been working on my postcard project since 2012. It started out with asking my friends […]
A Quick Stopover in Ho Chi Minh’s Book Street
This pedestrian street lined with bookstores, stationery shops, and cafés is one of the popular tourist spots in Vietnam. For book lovers and stationery collectors, Ho Chi Minh’s Book Street makes a fun stopover after walking around the city. 🇻🇳 Get Ready For Your Vietnam Trip 🎫 Get your tickets Flights, bus, train tickets, and […]
Grandmum Café in Ho Chi Minh Feels Like Home
One thing I love about Vietnam is their café culture. Aside from the coffee quality, the quirkier and hidden ones have extra points in my book. I found a list of the best cafés in Vietnam, and one that stood out for me was Grandmum Café in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). @replikate #grandmumcafe #vietnam […]
Is Saigon’s Café Apartment Worth The Hype?
Along Nguyen Hue Walking Street in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), there’s a famous nine-story apartment building that’s filled with artsy cafés and shops. The Café Apartment (or Coffee Building on Google Maps) has been the star of many a TikTok and Instagram reel for about two years now, but is it worth all the […]
A Review of Saigon’s Alcove Library Hotel, 10 Years After Opening
The Alcove Library Hotel in Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) has been on my radar since they first opened in 2014. I remember including a snippet of their press release in a travel article back in 2019, and I said I’d book a stay there when I finally visited HCMC in Vietnam. That day finally came […]