Thread: Loy Toy's adventures over the last month.

Fingers crossed, I hope to have won another project in Vietnam which of course meant I had to visit there.

After a 200,000 Dong trip from the airport I arrived at my new Ho Chi Minh home.

My colleague had told me the room he booked cost 27 USD a night and I wasn't expecting too much but was pleasantly surprised when I arrived. These type of Smallish Hotels litter the city and depending upon the area can be very cheap. I have been told the major hotels are very expensive so anyone wanting to visit Ho Chi Minh look out for these little boutique hotels and they are good value.



The reception staff were great, all speaking perfect English and when I went to the room I had to double check the price.





And the bed was enormous with the matress and pillows perfect. Too bad I am abstaining from filling up the beds these days but we could of had a bunch of cheer leaders on that one.



It was also made quite clear to me that the hotel was guest friendly as a lot of hotels in Vietnam are raided by the BIB for prostitution so you must be careful.

The hotel is located very handy to everything and one thing that amazed me, although there was heaps of traffic on the road you never stopped moving for more then 30 seconds and at the traffic lights.

The place is clean, the roads are good and Ho Chi Minh, with its European influence can be quite nice in areas.

One thing you notice almost immediately is that the girls cover all parts of their body from the sun.

Originally Posted by nedwalk

GREAT LOOKING WORK BENCH THERE MATE

Yep mate and cheaper then the Eden, everything works and playing pool and the internet is free........

Anyway off to work and first stop is to inspect the factory site which is in the Southern suburbs of Ho Chi Minh section 2.

Quite close to the city and you can see the tallest building in Vietnam sticking out of the city centre like a sore thumb.

The people I am working with are of Chinese heritage and are into everything from running stock exchanges to processing food products.

The invested about 2 million USD 15 years ago and up until recently were the biggest suppliers of plastic PET bottles in Vietnam.

Today the machines are worth nothing and the factory is full of bottles they cannot sell.





Anyway their bad luck has given me the opportunity as they have decided to produce my bucket designs in Vietnam.

They have given me two adjoining factories to work with and to plan there production lines.





The factory above is still under construction which is perfect as we can put all their services (water, electricity and compressed air) underground.

Anyway too much work makes bucket makers hungry and I was treated to what I was told was the world famous beef noodles called Poo I mean Pho.

Ho Chi Minh City is very clean and quite green and this picture displays this fact.



The Poo, I mean Pho menu and prices.



I had the combination POO and it was delicious especially throwing in their supper hot chillies.

After traveling around the city I was wondering how they manage all these motor bikes and they have a great system about organizing parking.

You pull up onto the kerb, a parking attendant writes you out a ticket and then he marks the time onto the seat. You return, hand over the ticket, he calculates the time parked, checks it with time written on the seat and he charges you accordingly.

No ticket, no pay.........no bike.



Walking around the city was fun and this guy was doing a roaring trade with obviously very little over heads.



And Vietnam, being the second biggest supplier of coffee in the world have thousands of coffee shops everywhere.

I love the distilled local coffee in these little cafes.

I have been also offered this place as my accommodation and whilst staying in Ho Chi Minh.

Some more random pics...........



Like all Asians they love their rice.



24,900,000 for a foking TV.



Apparently this form of massage is very good for you sucking all the bad shit out. I just took one look at the bruises on the blokes legs and done a runner.

A view of Ho Chi Mihn's tallest building at night from right opposite the bus station.



I actually thought this place was open to the public and someone handed me a glass of wine when I walked in. I then realized I had gate crashed a wedding, finished my wine and exited stage left.



Yes there are back packers in Ho Chi Mihn and this is the place to find them. I sat in the pub for hours drinking beer trying to get a picture of this stunningly beautiful Tiger waitress and she always managed to evade my line of sight.



For those that know Ho Chi Minh this is the Seventeen Saloon and the band were absolutely awesome.

In fact I was sitting with some farang at the bar and we were going to auction off that body suit the female singer was wearing.

Foxy looking lady with a great set of lungs.

Originally Posted by Fondles

Awesome write up mate, didnt know you was a bucket boy !!

I am mate, I am..........don't let my good looks deceive you........

Anyway that was my last months adventures and I am wondering what next month will serve up.

Signing off now with a picture of some traditional Vietnamese mums out trying to make a living.