Ho Chi Minh, or Saigon as it is better known, offers the independent traveller an adventurous short break. Arranging a motorbike city tour is more expensive than taking the bus but there is no set route and can offer a very different view of Vietnam's most populated city.

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D J Clark has worked worldwide as a multimedia journalist for more than 20 years. In 2009 he completed a PhD at the University of Durham, UK, investigating visual journalism in the developing world. As well as working for China Daily he runs an MA course in Multimedia journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University and is the Director of Visual Journalism at the Asia Center for Journalism in Manila, Philippines.