Tonight we are dealing with a crisis .  We had a man check in and book a room for 5 days. Nothing unusual… He did not want the semi automatic bikes we had for rent and had us phone a company to supply him with an automatic motorcycle. The motorcycle was delivered and the fellow [...]

It is 11pm and my wife is being picked up by a provincial police officer to go to a local station to sort things out. I am a little concerned because I like to be there whenever officials are involved to make sure I am watching. Tonight it is her show. Here is how it [...]

ComeAndGoVietnam also says: Arriving at Tan Son Nhat Airport When exiting the arrivals hall at the airport, you will be greeted by a huge crowd of people waiting for arriving friends & relatives. You will also be hassled by numerous taxi touts. Even if you ignore them and push past them to the taxi rank, [...]

This is the first of two pages compiled in a joint effort by myself, and a travel professional (ComeAndGoVietnam) to help educate you as to how not to get taken advantage of by taxis in Vietnam, but in Nha Trang and Saigon in particular. Please excuse me if some of the information gets repeated.  ComeAndGoVietnam’s [...]

In my opinion Khuyen was one of the most important people any hotel could have. Sure she made mistakes and such, but still a hard worker. After 2 weeks of training her replacement, we found that not had our new cleaning gal cut corners and forgotten simple important things, but she was caught stealing things [...]

In the past I have referred to Sissy and Puffy, my two motorcycles that are the backbone of my freedom of movement here. Puffy is starting to huff and puff. I can see before too ling that I will have to spend a few bucks to rebuild the tired old engine. I had no idea [...]

I have still been very busy with the hotel and other matters. Since Khuyen has left, there has been a change in routine that makes it hard to have free time. The past short while, I have been entertaining some very nice people, and decided to join them on a 4 island boat tour. I [...]

I have been a little reluctant to continue on Mai’s personal story because of the large readership I have developed, but I have been getting some requests to finish the tale. So I continue from where I left off last time. and a few photo’s After many attempts at escaping and ending up in jail, [...]

Tonight I ran into a person in his 20’s that told me he hated this country and could not wait until he was scheduled to leave for Thailand. His entire say in NhaTrang was in a single bar and a single restaurant until he can leave. This is one of the worst case scenarios I [...]

The weather in NhaTrang is nothing like you see in the weather forecasts or the live conditions on the websites. The weather information for NhaTrang is collected at the Cam Ranh airport, and the information sent in does not reflect the true weather. Nha Trang is blessed with the best weather in all of Vietnam. [...]

Driving in Vietnam is a hot topic. A person can read all about the dangers of driving in Vietnam and I tend to agree with most people. I drive here daily but must admit that it took a very long time before I had a grasp of the rules and how to survive on the [...]