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There's a lot to like about the DMZ Cafe. The garrulous English-speaking owner Mr. Tinh is a great source of information and the rooms are dirt cheap -- though they all share a single bathroom. They're also some of the least private rooms we've ever seen -- the walls letting onto the hallway are taken up by large, glass windows that are imperfectly fitted with an odd assortment of heavy curtains. You'll feel a little as if you're inside some kind of exhibit in a strange little museum. But it's only for a day or two. During the rainy season, Mr. Tinh isn't around much and the place tends to go to pot a little.

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88 Le Duan St, Dong Ha. T: (053) 857 026, (09) 13 427 401
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Type of room	Low season	High season	Notes
Dbl fan private b'room	5 USD	7 USD

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Added to Travelfish on: 2nd November, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 30th January, 2008

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Take this tour! - 15th August, 2007
I enjoyed it anyway. Other than the Vihn Moc tunnels which are well worth a visit, there's not much left to see around the DMZ but a guide that was actually there during the war makes it interesting. I did the tour with Mr. Konh. He and Mr. Tihn were both translators for the US Marines during the war and they both do tours for fifteen dollars. You spend a lot of time on the back of a motorbike. As for the guesthouse, not bad but not great. When I was there it seemed to be the only place in town under ten dollars. It was five with shared bath, fan and TV but no English channels.

DMZ Cafe reviewed by trippymctwist on 15th August, 2007, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 7/2007
Total reviews submitted: 3.
trippymctwist also reviewed: Phaykham Guesthouse, Singsavanh Guesthouse.

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