I was in Ho Chi Minh City:
February 23 - February 28 (6 nights)
Statistics
During my 6-day stay in Ho Chi Minh City, I had:
ST: 6
LT: 2
Girls: 8
Motorcycle Girls
Everywhere you go, you will be approached by touts/pimps. They take out their little book, make some calls and a few minutes later a selection of motorcycle girls will appear. By hanging out outside girl friendly hotels, you can cut out the middle man. You may also be approached directly by the girls.
The motorcycle girls are not freelancers. They work for a mamasan/papasan and won’t do anything without their express permission. Some girls even called their mamasan to ask whether it was OK to take pictures!
The motorcycle girls always seem to be in a hurry and seldom provide good service. None of the motorcycle girls allowed French kissing. Even though blowjobs are a Vietnamese specialty, many of the girls had to be convinced to suck my dick.
The girls will often ask to be paid in advance. Never agree to that! With prices from 300.000 – 400.000 VND ST, the motorcycle girls are an economical option. But they do expect a tip! Some of them are quite pretty, but they’re only good for a quick release...
Hai Ba Trung Bars
General
When a foreigner walks past the bar, the girls suddenly appear on the sidewalk, drawing the punters in.
Prices in the Hai Ba Trung bars are pretty uniform. My drinks were 25.000 – 30.000 VND. The girl’s drinks were always 50.000 VND. The barfine is 300.000 VND. The girl will set you back 60-100 USD LT.
When you barfine a girl, the doorman calls for a taxi. The girl gets in first. You join her later. The taxis use the meter and won’t overcharge you.
Mamasans
In one bar, a girl warned me about the danger of catching AIDS when kissing a girl. Where did she get that bullshit? In other bars, the girls were French kissing the guy as soon as he bought her a drink. Who told them to do that?
I guess the mamasan is key. If the mamasan is a total cunt, you can expect her girls to be total starfish. Bars where the mamasan encourages her girls to provide good service is where you wanna be...
35 Bar
Address
- Hai Ba Trung 35
About 10 girls were on duty, including a couple of pretty ones. A curly-haired beauty wanted a tip for a simple smile, but was quick to sit with some Korean prick...
49 Bar
Address
- Hai Ba Trung 49
The 49 Bar had the best selection at the time of my visit. The girl I talked to (Phuong) was a total babe, but had starfish written all over her...
51 Bar
Address
- Hai Ba Trung 51
The 51 bar had a good selection, without any stunners. With a group of Japanese in the house, the girls showed no interest in this white guy...
91 Bar
Address
- Hai Ba Trung 91
The 91 Bar had a large selection, with a few beauties. They were more interested in playing cards...
Cafe 29 (U2 Bar)
Address
- Dong Khoi 29
Formerly known as U2 Bar, Cafe 29’s main claim to fame is that the girls will give you a BBBJCIM for 300.000 VND. But the upstairs rooms better be dark, as the girls aren’t exactly beautiful.
Cafe 49
Address
- Dong Khoi 49
This small bar only had a handful of girls, none of which were attractive.
Thien Loc (Corner Bar)
Location
- Corner of Mac Thi Buoi and Hai Ba Trung
As soon as a customer buys a girl a drink, she’ll stick her tongue down his throat. I bet the mamasan makes a helluva lot more money than the cunts from the other bars. With a great selection, Thien Loc aka the Corner Bar is [u]the[/u] place to go in Ho Chi Minh City!
Thuy was both the top looker and the top performer in Ho Chi Minh City. An absolute gem!
Cali
Location
- Mac Thi Buoi
Thien Loc’s sister bar has a smaller selection, but the same business model.
Definitely worth a visit! Lieu was inexperienced, but sweet as honey and horny as hell. Another real winner!
NY Saigon
Location
- Dong Du
No top beauties, but a decent enough selection. The mamasan was able to find me 1 girl who would allow French kissing. The kind of girl you wouldn’t fuck for free!
Pham Ngu Lao Bars
Allez Boo
Closed!
Go2 Bar
Address
- De Tham 187
- Corner of De Tham & Bui Vien
This extremely popular corner bar features a few freelancers at night. Backpackers hit on the girls, and are often surprised they carry a price tag. Maybe those naive backpacker types think the girls like handsome young foreigners. Go to Thailand, dudes! Vietnamese girls only like money!
BTW, be sure to check your bill and make sure you get your change. The waiters are crooks!
Guns ‘n Roses
Location
- Pham Ngu Lao
- Just around the corner from De Tham
Guns ‘n Roses is supposed to be a late night place to meet freelancers, but it was deserted every time I walked past. Guess I was never late enough...
Li Li Bar
Location
- Bui Vien
Li Li is a Hai Ba Trung-style hostess bar. The selection was a notch below the better Hai Ba Trung bars, but the good news is that My started French kissing me when I bought her a drink...
Rivev’s
Location
- Bui Vien
This small hostess bar only had 4 girls when I peeked inside. None of them were pretty.
Other Bars
Some of the other bars on De Tham St occasionally offer freelancers. I was approached by a few girls, but none of them tickled my fancy.
Discos
Apocalypse Now
Address
- Thi Sach 2B-2C
Cover charge
- 100.000 VND
- Waved when I walked in after midnight.
Apocalypse Now is a Ho Chi Minh City institution and still draws huge crowds. Plenty of working girls, but demand is still way higher than supply. Many of the girls are over the hill and the overall quality is a few notches lower than at the nearby Hai Ba Trung bars. With similar prices, the bars are the better option...
BTW, if you fancy some white meat, there are plenty of unattached Western girls.
Gossip
Address
- Mercure Hotel
- Tran Hung Dao 79
Cover charge
- 120.000 VND
- Includes 1 drink.
On a Saturday night, I spotted some real supermodels in Gossip. They were part of the elite...
There was one table with taxi girls on the ground floor. Their pimp approached me on the dance floor. Plenty of working girls were hugging the railing on the 2nd floor. Some of them were real stunners. But the beautiful ones didn’t wanna get with me. They only fuck little pricks! The girls who were willing to go with a white guy weren’t worth bothering with.
For light-skinned Asians, I guess Gossip is the place to go. White guys are likely to leave alone...
Volcano
Address
- Cong Quynh 148
- Just around the corner from Bui Vien
Cover charge
- None
Being close to the backpacker area, the working girls mainly target white guys. If only they were more beautiful...
Final Words
Walking around Ho Chi Minh City, you’ll spot tons of hot babes. Vietnamese girls are among the prettiest girls in Asia. Sadly, things haven’t changed much over the last decade – high prices and lousy service still prevail. I blame the mamasans...
Compared to neighboring Cambodia, the quality is better, prices are way higher and the service is much worse. Since the demise of K-11, the number of Vietnamese girls in Phnom Penh is dwindling. More and more of the Vietnamese mamasans are targeting the free-spending Chinese punters. For Vietnamese-lovers in Cambodia, things are not looking good...
The Vietnam forums are full of stories and warnings about thieving Vietnamese girls. I heard plenty of tales of fellow travelers getting robbed. A prick on a motorcycle snatched my phone. Vietnam. A nation of thieves!
Loso