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Happy8888

Hello fellow Forum members . My name is Peter writing to you from sunny Western Australia . I have been here for 2 months since I left Vietnam .
I will be returning back "home" to VN in the New Year and will live in HCM this time . I was previously living in Dong Nai province which was on Highway 51 , half way between HCM and Vung Tau . Quite the rural setting I must say . My weekly movie marathon was to Bien Hoa , only an 80 klm round trip on my trusty scooter , but the bonus for a sore posterior was "Burger King "
I have not spent a great deal of time in HCMC and will be looking at Accommodation options on my return
I would like to establish a circle of social friends when I get back to do movies , cafes , dinner , golf.table tennis , swimming and all sorts of other activities . I would also like to meet people already involved in the English teaching field that i might be able to get some direction and pointers from

Thank you in anticipation

Peter

Tran Hung Dao

Happy8888 wrote:

... I was previously living in Dong Nai province which was on Highway 51 , half way between HCM and Vung Tau . Quite the rural setting I must say . My weekly movie marathon was to Bien Hoa , only an 80 klm round trip on my trusty scooter , but the bonus for a sore posterior was "Burger King "
...

Peter


There's no Burger King in Biên Hòa but they have Lotteria and KFC which kinda mimics your fast food experience.  I know the QL51 very well; so were you in Long Thành rural district then?  They just built a "freeway" (what Americans call the Đường cao tốc) through Long Thành town.  This portion is nearly completed and they expect to open it to traffic (no motorbikes) in 2014.

MarkinNam

Chao Peter , I`m sitting in front of my pc at curtin, wondering you might be from in perth ? I live in roleystone but will be heading back to VN( home to be) late Jan HCMc VT train to Hoi an Hue then back to Perth early March to sell up  send me a line, maybe we could do lunch some time, Mark

Happy8888

Tran Hung Dao , hey buddy , sorry but there is a burger king in Bien Hoa at the movie complex . Yes Long Thanh district i was in , just near the big pagoda
I was living with my x and my water buffalo "kevin ' [ such a nice boy ]

Happy8888

Mark , you cannot get a train to Hoi An from Saigon , you have to go to Danang first and then get a bus down to HA . Go to Seat61.com which will give you all the information you need about train travel , schedules , fares , etc you will need for Vietnam

MarkinNam

Gam mon, you little ripper!!

Tran Hung Dao

Happy8888 wrote:

Tran Hung Dao , hey buddy , sorry but there is a burger king in Bien Hoa at the movie complex . Yes Long Thanh district i was in , just near the big pagoda
I was living with my x and my water buffalo "kevin ' [ such a nice boy ]


Which movie complex?  The only one I've been to is the one at CoopMart and I don't remember seeing it at the food court level.  I like Burger King fries and remember seeing the first one but that was in HCMC.

Happy8888

I think you mean "Cam on ban "

And why "you little ripper " //

Tran Hung Dao

Tran Hung Dao wrote:
Happy8888 wrote:

Tran Hung Dao , hey buddy , sorry but there is a burger king in Bien Hoa at the movie complex . Yes Long Thanh district i was in , just near the big pagoda
I was living with my x and my water buffalo "kevin ' [ such a nice boy ]


Which movie complex?  The only one I've been to is the one at CoopMart and I don't remember seeing it at the food court level.  I like Burger King fries and remember seeing the first one but that was in HCMC.


I stand corrected.  Google came up with an address for a Burger King in Biên Hòa.  I'll have to find it next time I'm in the city.
BURGER KING® - 121 Phạm Văn Thuận, P.Tân Tiến, Tp.Biên Hòa, Tỉnh Đồng Nai.

thehobbit

Hii Peter,
I'm living in Ho Chi Minh City now (actually my hometown is in Can Tho city)
I had a picnic with my friends at an ecotourism area called Bò Cạp Vàng in Dong Nai 10 days ago. Wondering whether u went there yet
Anyways I'd love to hangout with u and show u HCMC  :D
Cheers!
Thư

Happy8888

Hello Thu , thank you for your kind message . Yes I do know Bo Cap Vang very well and i have also been to your hometown Can Tho  .In fact there are not many places that i have not been in Vietnam

Your offer to show me around is very nice and i would like to do that with you

Do you have YM by any chance Thu ??

Which part of HCMC do you live in ??

Double Cheers

Peter

Happy8888

I knew i wasnt going crazy , you had me thinking there for a minute , but absolution is such a grand thing

thehobbit

wow it seems like u travelled alot and u should be the person who shows me how Vietnam is hahah and I'm living at dístrict 10  now
btw my YM hold_[Moderated: send details in private pls]
Speak soon! :P

Happy8888

I will add you now to Yahoo

arespaxxer

Hey Peter, I think you seem to have been here for a long time.
It would be very nice to hang out with sports activities. And "Drink cheap" ...
So, if you're interested, let me know. I'm freetime for holidays ...:( Nothing to do at class .

Happy8888

can you send me your YM add by private message as your note has been moderated by the expat staff

Thanks

Peter

emmy.vn

Vung Tau is my hometown. Glad to know you had been there! :)

Happy8888

so i guess that means you will not be sending me your YM then ??

funnybear92

Happy8888 wrote:

so i guess that means you will not be sending me your YM then ??


She will probably send you her YM in a couple of days, I guess so :) and then you can ask her if she can show you around and discover some nice places over there :)

Luan Tran

Hi friend,
If you want someone to play table tennis with, contact me
Jay (01224718960)
Cheers ^^

Happy8888

I love playing table tennis , i will be in contact . Where do you normally play???

Luan Tran

I and my friends usually have matches in a table tennis club in D7, near Lotte Mart. Do you live in D7 or somewhere around, my friend?

Happy8888

i used to live near lotte mart but now i live District 1 , but i know where you are . Do you have your phone number ??

Luan Tran

oh really?! you know where it is
Luan (01224718960)
Cheers

Happy8888

Thanks Luan , i am ok at table tennis , not excellent but good . When do you like to play ??

Happy8888

is your name jay or luan ????? You give same number 2 times but with different names

Luan Tran

well, you can call me both (Luan is more difficult to pronouce, so Jay is much better)..I am free after 4pm today and if you want, we can have a match

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