Backpacking Ho Chi Minh City Travel Guide (2020)
In this in-depth travel guide, I will be covering everything you need to know about backpacking Ho Chi Minh City. Having traveled to HCMC quite a bit myself, I’ll include useful insider tips on the best things to do in Ho Chi Minh City, how to get around, and more. Perhaps the single best word to describe Ho Chi Minh City is “overwhelming.” The city’s never-ending stream of motorbikes can make crossing the street a death-defying adventure, and as Vietnam’s largest city, Ho Chi Minh, formerly known as Saigon, is propelling the country into the future while keeping one foot firmly planted in the past. Ho Chi Minh City is a city of contrasts; on the same street, you can find ancient temples and futuristic skyscrapers, traditional markets and high-end shopping malls. For a city that was ravaged by a devastating war in the not-so-distant past, HCMC has rebuilt itself as the centre of commerce in a quickly-developing Southeast Asian nation. While the local...