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Originally Posted by Jackboy
IMO..walking along the streets in saigon is not as easy as walking in Bangkok. Here the roads are chaotic..its not easy to cross the road junctions as the motor vehicles do not give way even you have the right of way. Also the roadsides are always blocked by the motorbikes or rubbish and for the past few days the weather was terrible, it was raining on and off like turning the tap water. You definitely wont want to catch the rain and fall sick during your holidays here.
Taking the cab is cheap and easy. Starting fare only 9,500d abt 80 cents sing only. Hailing a cab is very easy and I always choose Malinh and Vinasun taxis..just show the driver the written address with block no, street name and district no. and you wont go wrong. The drivers will definitely able to find the place as long as its not too far or deserted.
Cheers...
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I tink you are confused between the terms "within walking distance" and "unable to walk the distance", what you have stated is that you are unable to walk the distance because of your view that there are many obstacles and not that it is not within walking distance.
Personally and also quite a number of us here in this thread likes to walk around SG cause it gives us a chance to see more especially if you are looking for some specialty clothes along Nguyen Trai. I walk around in all countries I go to regardless of where, and there are only a teensy bit countries I have not gone to yet given my age and frequent travelling for both work and leisure.
There is no such thing as right of way in SG, its a matter of small having more clout in case of any accidents, as in accidents between motorbike and car, the car will have problems, in accidents between pedestrians and motorbike, the motorbike will have problems. I have learnt a long way back to just walk slowly across all streets and let the motorbikes meander around me, while looking out for only the cars and buses.
BTW you might want to check your sources on the starting cab fare, it have already increased about 30% since more than 1 year ago for both Mailinh & Vinasun, what you have stated may apply only to those very old cabs still on the road.
Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^