Blue River II Hotel

After being totally disillusioned from our VISA incident at the border- we were wondering if all of Vietnam was going to be a big scam.
Seeing as our first hotel was nothing to write home about and gave us used shampoo and soap- we figured it could only get better from here.
Wrong.
Everyday you need to shower because you're covered in a thin (questionable) layer of filth.
At this point Steve and I have made it to our next hotel, in the heart of Ho Chi Mihn city. The Blue River II Hotel.
We got the room for 9 dollars a night, so we weren't expecting anything spectacular. The room fit a bed in it (that's about all) but attached was our own bathroom.
'Strap on your slippers Steve, get out our duvet sheet to sleep in, and don't let any part of your body directly touch the floor.'
There are ants everywhere crawling in all the nooks and crannies of this place. Steve picked one up on the bed and I nearly started to cry. After our first day here we have bed bugs?! I was going to pack up and get the hell outta dodge! After a panicked google search we realized they were only ants. By this point ants seems awesome.
Moving on though.

'I'm going to jump in the shower real quick! They even gave us new shampoo and soap this time!'
Five minutes later I call out to Steve... The drain in our shower is clogged, and the water is slowly but surely filling up our bathroom. Wonderful I think.
Poor Steve- I don't know what exactly he was thinking- but it couldn't have been good. We decided to leave it, and go get some breakfast.
The site said our breakfast was included- so that was nice.
The choices were an egg with bread, or noodle soup. I chose noodle soup. Steve chose eggs and bread. Both of our meals came with coffee.
' Could you pass me the sugar Steve?'
Pause...
'Ummm... There's something black in there...'

One million creepy crawly ants. Who needs sugar anyways?
So far blue river hadn't been treating us to well. But then we found it's saving grace.
Manh. The receptionist. He was the absolute cutest man I've ever met. After getting talking to him, suddenly the hotel seemed to have everything you'd need. In fact I'd stay there again.
Manh is the man- he showed us where to go and how to get there. Gave us advice as to how things work in the city- and even booked all our buses and tours for us.
When we checked out on our last day, he even watched our stuff for free- while we went to the Chu Chi tunnels. Such a sweetheart.