It has been almost one year since i last stepped foot in Saigon. I'm back here again just for shopping and to experience Mekong. Our flight from Penang was at 10.45 am and we arrived in Saigon at around 3.45 pm (local time). We used our national carrier MAS as the tickets were much cheaper from AA. Since there were 5 of us, I decided to book Blessing 1 Hotel, Saigon as it is nearer to the market, but seriously i do not recommend this hotel, will write about this later.
Once we arrived at Tan Shon Nhat Airport, cleared immigrations and collected our bags, we searched for counters to buy sim cards. We found few counters that offer almost the same package, but i thought the price was quite pricey since we were gonna be there for only 4 days, and since the hotel provided free wifi, we were gonna use the card only for emergencies. The original price was VND 290,00 for 3GB of internet and calls, but since we wanted to use only the internet, they gave us a VND190,00 for 3GB and local calls, that's good enough. We also booked our ride to the hotel at this counter for VND200,000 (I know it's expensive).
Once we arrived at Tan Shon Nhat Airport, cleared immigrations and collected our bags, we searched for counters to buy sim cards. We found few counters that offer almost the same package, but i thought the price was quite pricey since we were gonna be there for only 4 days, and since the hotel provided free wifi, we were gonna use the card only for emergencies. The original price was VND 290,00 for 3GB of internet and calls, but since we wanted to use only the internet, they gave us a VND190,00 for 3GB and local calls, that's good enough. We also booked our ride to the hotel at this counter for VND200,000 (I know it's expensive).
Once we arrived at the hotel, checked in, and decided to rest for a while and went out to the night market just outside our hotel. Mungkin sekarang ni rainy season, hujan sepanjang malam, kami berjalan pakai raincoat yang dibeli di kedai bawah hotel. RM2/piece.
Tak ada yang menarik, balik hotel dan tidur, penat dah satu hari berjalan. The next morning, terus ke Ben Tanh Market which is sangat dekat dengan hotel, jalan kaki saja. Market ni dikelilingi oleh hotel dan ada banyak pintu, so memang banyak hotel-hotel budget di area ni. So, first day, cari kedai untuk buat kemeja (main reason i came here), kedai yang buat kemeja ni memang banyak, pilih je lah yang mana satu, kalau nasib baik, dapatlah kedai yang okay, nasib tak baik, dapatlah yang tak okay.
Nasib baik kedai yang kami masuk tu okayla jugak..so buat kemeja 3 pasang, harga RM70/sepasang, oleh sebab dah tau memang nak buat kemeja, so bawak sample baju, so bagi je sample dia ikut sebiji macam tu (tapi turned out tak jadi sama jugak), dan juga sepasang suit (coat dan seluar), harga RM240/sepasang, kalau buat coat saja RM170, dan seluar RM70. Siap in one day, dan kedai tu akan hantar terus ke hotel, so tak payah susah payah, pening kepala nak usung bawak balik.
Random pictures : Kopi susu sangat sedap, tiap2 hari minum, ada banyak seller bermotor macam ni - harga RM3 atau VND20,000
Top : One of the entrance to Ben Tanh Market
Below Left : Penjual dekat area hotel
Below Right : Inside-Ben Tanh Market
Top : The area where we stayed, banyak hotel dan restoran makanan halal
Below left & right : Hotels nearby Ben Tanh Market.
Below left & right : Hotels nearby Ben Tanh Market.
Our hotel
We stayed for 4 days 3 nights at Blessing 1 Hotel, Saigon. As usual, bookings were made through booking.com and seriously i would never go back to this hotel. My first impression, the receptionist was arrogant and snobbish. We booked two rooms and she placed us in 2 separate levels, 1 room at level 3 and another at level 5. Our room was so hot and the there were not enough lights, so gelap macam dok dalam gua, and they didnt even bother to do something about it. We requested so that both of our rooms are on the same level, and they keep saying, yes tomorrow after peopled checked out, and evertime we asked, we get the same answer, the available rooms.
On the last day, when we wanted to check out, the arrogant, snobbish receptionist charged us for something we did not do, she said they could not clean a towel and a pillow case, which she claimed was so dirty, and we did not remember dirtying the towel and pillow case, and the towel she showed us looked so dirty and looked like it was used to wipe the floor. Memang nak maki sangat..memang dia orang ni..memang dasar ... and she would not release our passports until we paid for the stupid towel and pillow case. We had not choice but to pay VND250,00 for the stupid pillow case and towel. okay, banyak sangat perkataan stupid di situ...geram sangat. So, I guest that's the reason why they asked for our passport when we checked in. So next time tak payah stay hotel ni, berlambak lagi hotel lain kat situ.
No comments:
Post a Comment