Vietnam (South to North) in 12 days

Day 1: Ho Chinh Minh or Saigon

Once you arrived at the Tan Son Nhat airport take a cab from either from pillar 4 or 5 , there will be cabs waiting out there (Vinason or Malinh).

Its about 7km to my hostel from  the airport

Place i stayed : Kaiteki hostel. http://www.kaitekihotel.com/

Price: 6$ per night

Comment:

The hostel is a very strategic place to be, its at the Pham Ngu Lao street, 500 metres from Ben Thanh Market and 1 km from the Reunification Palace, 500 metres from Cau Ong Lanh Market and Crazy Buffalo – a cafébar and The Military Museum is about 3.7 km away.The only downside was the  Capsule/Dorm were not cold enough so i wouldn’t recommend a stay here but there are other hostels nearby at the street.

Things to do:

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Ben Thanh Market

Here you got to have your bargaining  game on, you can really bargain here for everything, make sure you start with half of the price.Many of them do accept Dollars, Euros and even Ringgit Malaysia,so make sure do keep a converter app on your smartphone

Fees:0$

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Snake Wine

you will come across snake wine and many other types of wine in Vietnam, dare to try?

At night try the bars around the street or check out the rooftop bars

http://www.vietnam-guide.com/ho-chi-minh-city/top10/10-best-ho-chi-minh-rooftop-bars.htm and yes they do have pretty cheap beers.

DAY 2:

-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon

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Independence Palace

The home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Fees:1$

Notre-Dame Cathedral

The first chuch that was built in Ngo Duc Ke Street

 

Day 2: Mui Ne

Next is 5 hours from Saigon is Mui ne. I booked my open airbus ticket through this company:

http://www.vietauthentictravel.com/travel-services/open-bus-tickets.html

Place i stayed : http://www.longsonmuine.com/

Price: 4$ per tent/ night

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Comment: 

it was a good experience, camp by the beach, just find out on the weather before you arrive here as the storms can be pretty bad here.

i booked the tour package and the bus to dalat at the hostel itself.

Tour Price: 10$ ( try booking through another tour in the town area as you can get same tour as cheap as 7$)

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Beautiful Sunrise at the  White Sand Dunes

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White Sand Dunes

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Red Sand Dunes

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Fairy Steam

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A walk through by bare foot in the super soft sand and mud.

Day 3: Dalat

Bus to Dalat Price: 6$

Dalat is a very beautiful and peaceful city that is located on Lang Biang Highlands

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Place i stayed : https://www.facebook.com/backpackersparadisedalat/

Price: 10$ per night

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Canyoning /Abseiling 

Price: 38$ -40$ (Highland Holiday Tours)