Saigon wifi & podcasts
As Diacritic says, Wifi cafes are pretty common in Saigon. Some are busier than others. The Bambu Cafe at 96 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street in District 1 is one of the quieter spots. I nipped in here to connect over Skype for a 4:30pm conference chat with Dartmouth based IT journalist William Knight and Paddington based business journalist, Hugh Fraser of Blog-relations and Storynory. We chatted about journalism and blogging, journalists who blog and journalists who don't. William doesn't. I do. I'll link to the finished podcast when Hugh's uploaded it. Meanwhile check out Hugh's previous podcasts. They're rather good. And if you need free wifi in Saigon, Bambu Cafe's works a treat and their cafe sua da is not at all bad. But at 25,000VD a glass, I'm not sure just how free the wifi really is. Grumble, mutter, humbug, bahhh.
I used to be a regular at Bambu Café for a couple of months, appreciated its being so very unbusy, but then their ventilation is so very bad that one single smoker mades you want to pack up and leave... And then they seemed to have returned to THE TAPE (was that NoStarWhere who blogged about this?) since my favourite waiter (the one with a good taste in music and some ambition to try and please customers) left this summer, last time I was there it was THE XMAS TAPE, well let me know if that's changed! ;-)
Posted by: Karin | January 12, 2006 at 04:38 PM
pieman, what do you think of the new mac lappie with the intel cpu?
it makes me think of naughty thoughts.
Posted by: ilovesaigon | January 13, 2006 at 12:53 AM
Aircon is a problem there - although the weather is fab at the mo :) - I actually quite like the odd smoke filled room. I don't smoke, but I used to a long time ago, and it reminds me of being a British pub. I like :) there was a tape, but not THE tape on this visit. No smoke either.
New Mac, as usual, looks great but I hope to keep mine for another two years or so. Tend to replace them every three years. The Powerbook is very reliable, does everything I need, quickly and reliably. Most importantly, it's a pleasure to work on.
Posted by: pieman | January 13, 2006 at 06:35 AM
My first posting to any form of blog or website of this nature. Sitting here listening to the esteemed Mr Holliday, many thousands of miles away, only serves to make me realise how much I miss Vietnam.
Excellent stuff Graham.
Posted by: ExMinskerMat | January 20, 2006 at 12:33 AM
Welcome to the world of blog Mat. Be careful in here - it can get nasty. Grrrrrrr....
Posted by: pieman | January 20, 2006 at 02:42 AM