And my urine can only stay clear (meaning I am adequately hydrated) for a short period of time mainly because of these 2 reasons:
- It’s about 98 degrees with the humidity of did I just piss myself or is that sweat? o ok it’s sweat.
- This would be reason two. The water unless bottled is unsafe to drink (please to meet you typhoid mary), but why drink water when these delicious gems combined are only about $1.70 usd. Less than 2 bucks!!!
Hustlen. Errrday we straight hustlen, but not really.
Everything seems to be negotiable in Ho Chi Minh City. As a test to that my uncle took us around to 5 different hotels before he would let us choose one. We would go in and be pretty straight up about it. “We want to check out your rooms first and compare it to the others.” Once that was done you can begin negotiating prices. This works on all the 3 star and below joints ($30-$60 usd a night). However, for the 4-5 bougie joints such as the Park Hyatt Saigon or New World Hotel ($169-$260 a night, which is pretty cheap for those brands) you can’t really use that same method. BUT, someone always knows someone and there is always a hook up.
So where did we stay?
At a 1 star joint in District 1 that we got down to $35 a room. 1 star is deceiving. It just doesnt have a pool, breakfast, safety ect. This is what it looks like and you are correct in thinking that this place is haunted. O it is definitely haunted.
Just kidding that’s just an abandoned monastery.
Our hotel does seem kind of sketch in an oddly tamed way. It does have all the fixens you would need i.e. in room wifi and working a/c. You’re wondering why I haven’t posted a picture of it. The answer is I’m pretty sure it IS haunted. Haunted by the mournful spirits of ex-pats who didn’t find what they were looking for and offed themselves. Or maybe a vengeful Vietnamese hooker who was brutally murdered. Either way I don’t want to take a picture and then have an apparition appear in my flickr account. No thanks. There are freaky paintings scattered about which I refuse to take pics of. Maybe after I’m state side I’ll post the picture of the little doll girl staring at you from across the room directly at your bed in Hensel’s room. Chuang snapped that photo and I pray for his safety.
edit: alright Neighbhs here is the picture in Hensel’s room ! it’s on you now!
