Re: Vietnam - HCM
 

hello, new here in HCM, hope to meet some of the bros here

Re: Vietnam - HCM
 

For Your info, TanMyDinh still is girlfriendly. Tested 26 Jan 2008.

Re: Vietnam - HCM
 

I will be coming HCMC on after CNY. If U will still be in HCMC, U can PM me your mobile number and we might able to meet up one day.

Cheers,
Jadoo

Re: Vietnam - HCM
 

Will be heading for HCM soon. so any gal friendly hotel suggestion? an yah lar .. cheapo lar..

btw can double comfirm that no visa is needed.

sorry 1st visit...

hope some brothers will answer..

Re: Vietnam - HCM
 

no need visa. mox stay is 30 days

Re: Vietnam - HCM
 

I remember that on my recent trip to HCM, the custom guy tried to fake me that I needed to apply a visa and kept asking why no visa. He was quite stern then. :rolleyes: I told him I had ASEAN passport and staying less than 30 days then I dont need. Maybe he think I blur blur. Haha. :) Hmm I feel that it is kind of weird for them to behave in such a manner. :confused:

For girl-friendly hotel, you can try Sunflower. The hot favourite here. But then there are also many other girl-friendly hotels.

Thanks Bro.

Virgin Trip
 

This is my 1st trip to Vietnam but I dont think it would be the last. To help brothers check out good places, I pen below the ktv that I went tonite.

Place: Karaoke Holiday
Add: Lau 1, Cho Xom Cui, Tung Thien Vuong, Q8
Tel: 9504861
Mama: Tuong Vi
Tel: 0909317535

I would call this place high class but it is reasonable. The quality of the girls vary from 6 to 8.5. Price is USD100 overnight. For a party of 5, and we drank a lot of beer, we paid about USD210. The tip for the girl that we didnt bring back was VND200K. So based on what I read so far in the thread, this is pretty reasonable.

The girl I pick was very pretty.....FR to follow on the outcome.

Re: Vietnam - HCM
 

wow...waiting for your FR with great anticipation.

btw, i heard during cny most of the people in hcmc will return back to their hometown. some companies even shut down their office for 2 weeks. but i'm not sure abt the entertainment joints whether they will close or not.

Re: Vietnam - HCM
 

I think he is going to scare u and make u bride him with $$$.... :D

Re: Virgin Trip
 

Hi Brudder. Sounds interesting. Any problem communicating? If go there without local guide, you think got problem or not?

Re: Vietnam - HCM
 

yes ... that's true ...
CNY is a big holiday in vietnam ...
KTV's will most likely be closed due to most gals have went back to their hometown ...
thus it's not a good time to cheong in vietnam during CNY .. especially during the eve and the first few days of CNY ...

Re: Virgin Trip
 

Continuation from where I left off.

The Karaoke Holiday, as I was told, starts from 8.30pm. However, we had a friend that brought us there and know the mama-san so we were able to enter the joint at 8pm. What struck me most when I entered wasnt the decor but there were 3 lady attendants that said "欢迎光临“. I was surprised but glad. As it turned out, the mama-sans that came in brought girls that can speak passable Mandarin.

I think the place easily had more than 10 rooms but since ours was the 1st room and had its own toilet, I didnt venture out to see. But I noted that there was a long corridor that gave me an impression of the size of the place. The room was very spacious cos it could accommodate more than 15 of us. All of us had 2 girls each + 2 mama-sans so you can imagine. The selection of songs in the KTV room is reasonable with a sizeable selection of Chinese, Hokkien and English songs.

When the girls came in, they also greeted us in Mandarin, and the mama-san would introduce those that can speak chinese or english. I think as all mama-sans do, they make subtle recommendations rather than let us choose. I think we saw about 50 girls while my friend said the place has about 200. Like I said before, the quality varies from 6 to 8.5 but almost all are slim.

Pricing is VND200k for tip but if you dont like the girl you can change quickly without tip. Tabao is USD100 and they would take your hotel address and room number and meet you there. They can only leave at 12 midnight as that is the closing time. The girl can stay up with you till morning and is expected to.

Sorry I only have so much time to provide info on the KTV and the FR on Ngo will follow tonight when I have time. Now its time to go out for business trip.

Re: Virgin Trip
 

Bro, this place sounds good. Seldom see FR on this type of KTV cheonging in HCM. Sometimes prefer this type to the disco-pub concept popular there.

Re: Virgin Trip
 

District 8 is not actually a very safe place to be. Its meant more for locals. For the prices you paid for a KTV session in D8 is considered quite high. USD$100 over for over night is also considered quite high.

Dont get the wrong idea, many thanks for sharing but I thought that maybe I could provide you with another point of view.

The last time I went to a KTV in D5, just off the one of HCMC main roads, 3 btls JW Black, plus mixers, plus food, plus snacks, etc etc came to almost USD$250. TIps for gers standard was VND100k. took the ger overnight, for VND 1mil. milke me dry, 4 shots. Pretty anot i wont comment as beauty in the eys of the beholder but than i would rate her as above average.

FYI: taxi prices in HCMC have increased aprox 10% - 15%. PRices for many many things are slowly increasing also die to inflation as well as the upcoming Holidays where many use it as in excuse to charge extra.

Re: Virgin Trip
 

Chao anh trai Reaper!

I think someone had said that the girls that work in the more "touristy" districts such as D1 tend to be able to have a better command of English and/or Mandarin. D8 not too safe for non-white foreigners also?

Yeah, i think anh trai SingViet had mentioned that in Viet Nam the cost of living has increased by abt 15% but economy only grew 6%?

4 shots ah? Weee-weeet! Haha! I recently had a 4-shot at a Stinkapore KTV... kaoz. 9pm, 10pm, 11pm and 12mn. Damn shagged man. Girl apologized later because i looked so worn out. Haha! Walking down the stairs was hard....