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Originally Posted by hereford
no joke really staying in d12 haha  |
https://maps.google.com/?ll=10.86736...08912&t=m&z=13
Q12 aint so bad, although you'll be primarily in an industrial area and quite sparse of any noticeable entertainment or diversions.
Click on the map above. Locate the airport. Immediately north of the airport is Q Go Vap. Going further north, a bridge away across the Vam Thuat river is Q12.
You will not likely find any fun places in Q12 but rather in Q Go Vap which is quite working class and diverse with Vietnamese from other parts of Vietnam who have come to HCMC to work. Naturally the working class have their own places to cheong, which are at working class prices. For example, Nguyen Thai Son and Nguyen Oanh Streets in Q Go Vap are full of 'quan nhau' (local places to eat, drink and get wasted!). And as typical with the average working class Vietnamese, after you get wasted at a quan nhau, you head to a dodgy hotel 'xong hoi xoa bop' (sauna) for a rub and a tug before you head home!
Note also that National Highway 1 (QL1, or Quoc Lo 1) leading all the way to Hanoi, runs through Q12. I would guess that there might be the odd place for truckers (they need to have fun too!) along the highway, but I don't suggest that you go around looking for these in a taxi, but rather try and find a friendly local to show you a place or two.
Your other alternative would be to head to Thu Dau Mot City, in the adjacent province of Binh Duong, where a KTV quite popular with some on this forum, is located. But that's a different story altogether.
So to summarize, I advise finding a friendly local to explore Q Go Vap, while staying in Q12. It would be nice to see a FR on outlying districts for a change. Maybe you might even find something in Q12 - you never know! If not, it'd be approx. VND 300-350k (around SGD20) for a cab to Q1, each way.