Vietnam is quickly becoming a spa destination, particularly in the Resort/Hotel variety, with good choices in Hue, Nha Trang, and Saigon. Day spas are beginning to appear, but choices today are slim, relative to the proliferation of day spas in Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. There are plenty of “mom&pop” massage venues in Saigon and Hanoi, […]
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Avoid high price tour rip-offs in Vietnam
In Vietnam, the middleman is king, which means that the pricing on most tour packages varies on how much the vendor thinks you can pay. For example, we were quoted $87 for a one-day tour to the Mekong delta, from our upscale hotel on Dong Khoi Street. The same tour cost $7 (not a mis-print!) […]
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Let’s operate from a basic premise. We shop because it’s fun, whether it’s as simple as the excitement of acquiring something new, or the joy of learning something from the object or service obtained. To a very large extent, elements within the Vietnamese character are so pervasive and predictable, that shopping in Vietnam is pretty […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis book review: Boye De Mente’s ‘Women of the Orient’
Many men have loved exotic women from the Orient, but few have written as passionately on the subject as adventurer Boye De Mente, in his small but encyclopedic Women of the Orient (1995, ISBN 0-8048-1880-0). Here, he chronicles the habits, looks, and proclivities of women from six Asian countries, China (Hong Kong & Taiwan), Japan, Korea, […]
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This section of the WoWasis Travel Blog features all your travel experiences and thoughts about Vietnam. For a comprehensive look at the culture and places to visit, take a look at our main VietnamOasis site.
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