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

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Screw eating bloody noodles when there is so much good Frog food there.

Thanks for your constructive contribution mate...........Expected but somewhat belated.

In fact we did have some great food but foked if I'm going to have fat conts like you salivating all over my thread..........

By the way mate the bread and bakeries in general are super.

Best bread and coffee in Asia without doubt and I suppose we can thank the froggies for that.

Aye. They might all be a bunch of butthole surfers, but they know their food.

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 Marmite the Dog

Aye. They might all be a bunch of butthole surfers, but they know their food.

Actually Vietnam, well Ho Chi Minh is a very interesting place to visit and they tell me the beaches are beautiful and clean. A pleasant change from Pattaya.

In fact a lot of people I met spoke perfect English and their mannerisms were very polite and cordial.

If you can manage to avoid being wipped out by a motor bike rider I reckon it would be a great place to live and from what I could see there a lot of professional ex-pats plying their trade there already.

I can't wait to take the family there and see how we go................

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

Hows bout making the fuckers so they except a plastic tap in the bottom of em so I dont have to tip the over to drain them ??

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.

They are in the market already and ask your supplier.

I specialize in paint containers, although we do supply Castrol, Mobil and Shell and for some reason they don't want them.

I stayed here when I visited Milky a couple of years ago. Just to the right is a cracking pub/restaurant that did great nosh and had some pretty cool people working there.

i presume you were drinking the water and the missus was on the piss good one mate hope it all goes well.

thanks for the pics LT, I was thinking to go there again recently, loved Saigon

food is fantastic there, loved the local Kho San road with that old R&R bar from the 70s

there is a nice beach nearby, looks like Cannes in France with nice colonial buildings etc...

it's about 100km from Saigon,

^ Thanks mate and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) definately has a nice feel about it and I am not referring to the woman, although there are some beauties there.

I have been promised a visit to the beaches during my next visit and am certainly looking forward to seeing some real surf. Apparently during the Vietnam War many of the serviceman surfed regualarly and during their R&R.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I stayed here when I visited Milky a couple of years ago. Just to the right is a cracking pub/restaurant that did great nosh and had some pretty cool people working there.

Actually this is the backpackers area, I drank in the pub on the right corner, it has a late night disco upstairs which I didn't attend but preferred to walk around the corner where I found a little hole-in-the-wall pub and the people there were great.

The drink prices there were really cheap, probably half of what you pay in Thailand.

All in all the tourists seemed really chilled out, the locals were welcoming without being pushy and apart from a brief tropical downpour a great evening.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

^ Thanks mate and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) definately has a nice feel about it and I am not referring to the woman, although there are some beauties there.

I prefer Saigon to Hanoi, in part because of its historical value and also because it remains SE Asia. As you move North, the country becomes very Chinese, and Hanoi despite being nice in terms of historical architecture, doesn't have the same "activity" level as Saigon, and that despite the cahotic motorbikes traffic

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I drank in the pub on the right corner, it has a late night disco upstairs which I didn't attend

been there, downstairs was nice, but the disco was quite lame. Full of mingers, didn't see any nice beauty in the area except in a cybercafe nearby where the girl was stunning. She was giving me looks but I wasn't sure really if she was being friendly or being a hooker damn !!!

the real beautiful girls are in the country side, as I rode in the long journey bus, saw amazing country girls riding slowly on their bicycle, out of this world

^ Did you make it down to the Seventeen Saloon?

A great typical pub atmosphere and the girls behind the bar (not slapppers) are gorgeous and very friendly.

I walked in and was shown to my seat right at the centre of the bar, a waitress then come over with a special discounted drink menu and then was offered 2 for the price of 1 drinks and until 9.00pm.
Another stunning waitress, dressed in a cowgirl suit looked at my cigarette lighter which was nearly empty and then replaced it with a new bar one.

Popcorn, peanuts were offered and I entered a brilliant converstaion with 2 of the girls which was very pleasant.

The band (Philippino) were close to the best Asian band I have ever seen and the crowd in the bar were well behaved without being HiSo.

Great place and not expensive, I got pissed stupid and my bill was around USD50.00 and that included many staff drinks.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

^ Did you make it down to the Seventeen Saloon?

nope, but will need to give it a try

planning to stay there at least 1 week next time and check the night scene

Originally Posted by Butterfly

planning to stay there at least 1 week next time and check the night scene

Well if you do give me a PM and I can arrange the cheap rate for you at the hotel I stayed in.

Close to everything but quiet, cheap, terrific rooms and huge bed, free internet, great bathrooms but no bath, close to the main markets and Restaurants, slapper friendly and 25 minutes from the airport.

all work & no play.

Originally Posted by Travelmate

all work & no play.

Unfortunately that is the case mate.

I've pumped 3 years of my life and my money into these new designs and need to commercialize them before I can again go on the lash.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Well if you do give me a PM and I can arrange the cheap rate for you at the hotel I stayed in.

yes please send me the details,

not planning to go before early next year though,

To bad you could not have put up some of the other pictures you showed me LT.

Then again this is a family forum.

Thanks LT it was a very good account and really interesting ( i have worked on some plastic molding machines in my job as an Electrician ) a green for you if i have done it right.

Great Thread Loy-Toy...now I understand your profile picture!

Originally Posted by nevets

Thanks LT it was a very good account and really interesting

Originally Posted by nevets

Great Thread Loy-Toy

Thanks fellas and I am glad you enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by danno5

now I understand your profile picture

Yep...........BucketsRus. But do you know what my Nic "Loy Toy" means?

I have also received a number of PM's with regard to the hotel in Ho Chi Minh so here they are.

Ha Hien Hotel
Dc 145-147 Ly Tu Trong. P.Ben Thanh, Q.1.TP.HCM.

Tel: (84-8) 823 4363..............Fax: (84-8) 823 4359.

Website: www.hahienhotel[at]hahhienhotel.com.vn

If you like I can book the room for you as I get the special rate (USD27.00/ night) so just send me the details by PM at your convenience.

Again thanks to all for your appreciation.

so where are those "special" pictures again ?

Originally Posted by Butterfly

so where are those "special" pictures again ?

Still in my special camera........

You may not know it Butters but I have a few stalkers here who are just waiting to pounce.