We had planned to spend the afternoon at The Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City after having lunch at a local restaurant.

In Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Vietnam in general, you have to make the decision to head out to see the museum’s or many of the other attractions either before 11am or after 1pm. This is because of the two hour lunch breaks that most of the places and businesses have.

It feels like the whole city slows down and goes to sleep during this period.

You can see the opening hours for The Independence Palace below where I have the address, pricing and other details for you as well.

The Independence Palace, a great place to visit in Ho Chi Minh

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I have been in Vietnam for about six weeks now and the time had come to find a barber shop in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Liem Barber Shop was the one that popped up and had good reviews.

If you type Barber Shop into Google Maps anywhere in the city, Liem Barber Shops pop up on the maps.

I settled on the shop just down the road from Ben Thanh Market as it was easier to catch the bus there and back.

The little man is coming with me for this adventure so we set off on the bus into the city.

After getting off the bus I fired up Google Maps and set off to find Liem Barber Shop.

I had read somewhere that many of their barber shops are in alley ways and narrow lanes.

This shop definitely was!

There are motor bikes parked all out the front and the first impression is, wow.

There certainly are a lot of barbers working in this shop and lots of people waiting.

It shouldn’t be a long wait at all with that many barbers cutting.

Front of Liem Barber Shop in Ho Chi Minh

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