Quite a few newbies pm me and I had replied all pm.
I am not base in HCM and this had been repeated many times...please click and read my signature before you pm me...
even if I happen to be in hcm...I still have my own things to do and my group of friends...impossible for me to meet last minute and share info because of tight schedule...usually I am onlyin hcm for a few days to a week..
impossible for me to share info with ppl who i dun know...most of the places I go are local places which require to speak Vietnamese (not in D1)...newbies will not know how to enjoy and communication will be problem...bros Makahi, sunshine, kidne3, mifacafe will testify the fact that newbies will have problem to find the places and also talk to the gals...worst they may spoil the market and making my visits next time a bit more expensive...I usually tell my friends to pay the exact price and not to spoil the playground...I speak vietnmese to the taxi drivers and then most of my friends cannot understand or how to go to some of these local fun places...
let's take local cafe with pretty waitresses....most gals cannot speak English or foreign languages...mainly speak Vietnamese...if you dun know the gals...the gals will serve you and leave you alone because the gals dun know you and cannot communicate...so as newbies you will not enjoy these cafes and will just sit there looking around...many newbies may not even find the cafe and taxi drivers may take you a big ride so pay lots of taxi fare...then newbies will not enjoy and thus will write negative forum here that they dun enjoy...the difference is I had been to these cafes many times and I knew some of the gals....these gals will ask their waitresses friends to come sit with my friends...then I will help the gals and my friends who dun speak Vietnamese to start introducing and then they will have some fun while drinking their favorite beverages...these waitresses are not a must to sit with clients...decent cafe place...
btw, there are at least few thousands cafe in hcm...bro Singkieu had written the various types of cafe found in hcm...^^
how to be my friend...some of newbies had done the correct thing...that is introduce yourself to me as described in my signature...but I have full time job so I will take my time to go thru each sincere newbie and see if travel timing fits my schedule...and also I shall see who else goes in which month...I try not to have too big group as very difficult to handle and some friends dun like big group...i usually arrange to meet up in Singapore for coffee...then we proceed...if you are a contributor to this forum then very good chance you will be selected...nobody likes a newbie that just registered new accounts although there are exception...I make friends with other Thread Starters and most TS helped each other...btw, I dun charge anything so I had my right to meet or bring friends around in hcm...^^