Another clean and tidy one star hotel on our 3 day Mekong Delta tour from Saigon. Not an ounce of luxury hotel, but it is cheap and cheerful with friendly staff.

Our twin room consisted of 2 x double and 1 x single bed, satellite tv that had no sound, chair, bedside table and wardrobe. Window in room looked out on a wall of another building and door to the small dark balcony was locked shut. Cooling was by way of a wall fan. Air conditioning is in the room and if wanted, an extra US$5 will get you the key to the power switch for it. A small bathroom with hand basin, toilet and shower that sprays into the room making the floor and toilet wet. Towels are provided, but take your own soap as we did, because it isn’t supplied here. Beds are typically as we found in Vietnam and with a hard foam mattress.

Although our tour was paid as part of a 3 week package we guessed this one star hotel was in the under US$10 per night category. The 3 day Mekong Delta tour which we were... more