Tag: District 1

  • Missing Saigon Coffee shops

    Sadly, this was the last coffee shop I visited in Saigon three weeks from today. I miss sitting the long hours chatting and working on various IT projects back in…

  • Missing Saigon

    Been away from Saigon for nearly 3 weeks already. I miss my little home in District 1. I will return to Saigon on December 20th. This is near the alleyway where I…

  • Saigon Opera House

    The Saigon Opera House looked really nice when I took this photo. Posted from WordPress for Android

  • This is life

    I love Saigon. It is about 35 C and now I am sitting on the street drinking a cafe sua da. It will be hard to return to Kazakhstan. :-) Posted from WordPress for Android

  • The Daun Halal Restaurant

    Today I finally visited The Daun restaurant. It is a halal restaurant catering to Muslim tourists visiting Saigon. Most of the customers are Malaysian tour groups so the…

  • Scoozi Pizza

    Scoozi Pizza has nice brick oven pizzas. One of the best in Saigon. It is located on Thai Van Lung next to Capital Place Building. Posted from WordPress for Android

  • Why I love Vietnam (picture)

    Vietnam is home to me. Yes I work in Kazakhstan and may work outside Vietnam for many years. Eventually I will settle in Vietnam permanently. This one picture is one…

  • Happy New Year 2014 from Saigon, Vietnam

    Wishing all of my readers a Happy New Year 2014. January 1 is also the New Asian Year for Japan so welcome the Year of the Horse. Posted from WordPress for Android

  • Christmasy Tax Center

    Tax Center, as usual, was decorated for Christmas. I got some shots in. Posted from WordPress for Android

  • Xmas at Vincom

    Just a couple lazy Xmas snapshots I took today at Vincom. Christmas is now a major event here in Saigon now after the Vietnamese New Year. Xmas Tree at Carl's Jr. In…

  • Cosa Coffee

    I am back in Saigon now for the holidays. Across from my alleyway is Cosa Coffee which is kind of funny. In Almaty I always go to Costa Coffee. Maybe this is a reminder…

  • Getting Vietnamese Documents Consularized

    I got my Vietnam Criminal Background Report a couple weeks ago. Since the CBR is written in the Vietnamese language, I had to get it translated into English and…

  • Halal@Vietnam: 4 years of Delicious Malaysian-Vietnamese Halal Food!

    When you visit Vietnam, you would most probably most likely spend an evening checking out the nightlife scene in Saigon or if you are lucky enough and you have money to…

  • Crazy Saigon Motorbike Rider

    I was riding around the traffic circle near the Ben Thanh Market today. There was a tourist in front of me crossing the crosswalk towards the bus station so I slowed…

  • My Life Coffee (2013) - new location

    If you miss My Life Coffee which seems to keep changing location, they finally have another one that is quite convenient. It is located in District 1 at the corner of…

  • bang khuang cafe

    Visited another coffee shop with my friend, Nga, last week called bang khuang cafe. It is one of District 1's best kept secret since the only way you can find it is…

  • Biggest Cafe Sua Da in Saigon

    I kid you not, this is by far the biggest cafe sua da (ice coffee with milk) in Saigon. I got it yesterday at Warung, the new halal Malaysian restaurant on 47 Nguyen An…

  • New Halal Malaysian Restaurant - Warung Saigon

    My friend, who is part owner of Halal Saigon, just opened a new halal Malaysian restaurant catering to the Malaysian tourists. The prices are considerably lower then…

  • Sunny Saigon from the terrace in District 1

    I took this shot early morning on April 30, 2013, from the terrace just opposite of my room. Saigon is quite pretty on sunny days. The pollution level was quite low…

  • Golden Elephant Thai Food

    A long term favorite for Thai food is Golden Elephant located in District 1 (on Hai Ba Trung street just down the road from Mai Linh Taxi's main office). It was one of…