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Posted by iniandnick | 18th March 2009
Hello Vietnam! What an amazing, amazing country. I have heard many people complain about Ho Chi Minh City but I think it is one of the most amazing and eclectic Asian cities I have ever seen. Compared to Phnom Penh, Ho Chi is a walk in the park. It is much, much cleaner and there are far less beggars which makes it a little easier just to walk down the street. I feel much safer in this city. The Lonely Planet warns against drive-by bag snatchings so we have been very careful to keep our bags close to the body and our camera straps wrapped around our wrists at all times. Anyway, I think we need to be more aware of getting killed by a motorbikes rather than someone stealing our bags. Consider this - there are 10 million people living in this city....and 3 milion motorbikes! Nick and I tried to cross an intersection for about 5 minutes before we just bit the bullet, stepped out, half jogged, half ran across the busiest road I have ever seen. Somehow; I dont know how, we made it
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