The city suffered a lot during the TET-offensive in 1968. The imperial city and especially the tombes are worth a visit. Hue is divided in two parts by the Perfume river. The southern part holds the hotels and almost all restaurants. Two important streets are ?Le Loi? along the river and ?Hung Vuong?. The old city part (north) is surrounded by the citadel and holds the imperial city.

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Danang is Vietnam?s fourth largest city. There is not really much to visit. It is busy, noisy and colorless. Yep, an industrial town. This is the reason why many tourists only visit the Cham museum and have their stay in Hoi An instead of Danang. If you want to stay close to Danang then I recommend China Beach.

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Hoi An doesn't have its own airport, but most people fly to Danang (regular flights from Saigon, Nha Trang, Hanoi). From Danang airport, most people take a taxi at a fixed rate of 10 US$. It is usually possible to find other tourists to share a taxi. The ride to Hoi An takes 45 minutes.

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This chapter covers these topics: Saigon with info on all the trips on offer by the travel agencies, restaurants, museums etc.... Mekong delta where we did a 2-day trip (we wanted to do a 3-day trip but because of the floods this was impossible) Nha Trang with info on diving facilities

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Saigon is a bustling city full of motorbikes. For the budget tourist, there are 2 centers: The real center with some big hotels like the Rex The budget center along Pham Nga Lao where all the budget accommodation, restaurants, travelagencies and internetcafés are situated. You can go by foot from the one center to the other in 15 minutes, a taxi will cost you 5000 VND. For more info, buy the Lonely Planet Ho Chi Minh City guidebook (11/2000) price 11.99 US$ Getting there By plane There are numerous flights from all over the country into Saigon, as well as many international flights (in fact much more then to Hanoi). Saigon airport gets about 500.000 passengers each year.

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The first thing you need to decide is whether you'll go the the Mekong on your own, or on an organized tour. I advise you to go on an organized tour for these reasons: It's much easier: I spoke to an Israeli who spent 6 weeks in Vietnam doing everything at his own pace, trying to do everything independently. He told me it was almost impossible to travel alone in Mekong. F.i. he asked for a bus to a certain place, a Vietnamese accompanied him to the busstation but didn't find the bus himself...

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Nha Trang is the usual stop for most travellers on their way from the South to the center or vice versa. We liked the place, just to relax for 2 days on the beach, and go diving or take a boattrip.

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This motel is located near the Hanoi railway track passing through Phung Hung Street.

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