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It's easy to see why Vietnam is a country on the rise - there's no time for rest ... the world is there and the local residents are trying to scratch a dollar off it. After hundreds of years of war, reinvention and persistence are prevailing and the Vietnamese are thriving. What a fascinating country to visit in these times! Vietnam has a bit of everything - fresh and fragrant food, bustling and rambunctious marketplaces, beautiful mountains and beaches and stunning French-Colonial architecture. Such is the natural diversity along it's 2000km coastline, there's never a bad time to go.
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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By crikeyitsmikey | Views [14] | Comments [1]
After 24 hours of traveling I have been quite happy to be on the ground. My flights went well 19 hours of flying was much easier than expected. I met a vietnamese man on the flight from seattle to seoul, which was a fortunate introduction to bridging ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By amy_smith | Views [18]
Hoi An was so lovely! It's a small town with a little river running through it and a cute bridge to connect the two sides with colourful little boats and all the surrounding buildings are lit with colourful lanterns! So cute! I'm also not exaggerating ... Read more >
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 | By amy_smith | Views [31]
I've written a huge blob of information twice now and haven't been able to save them because the computers keep crappin' out at the last minute. Otherwise, internet in Vietnam is pretty fast, cheap, and actually free most places! It has been a long ... Read more >
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 | By utegute | Views [29] | Comments [1]
It seems like a lot of people are pittying me for travelling on my own.. Very important question here is if I'm married and where my family is.. I learned the proper answer to that: "no money, no honey, no house, no car". Finally everybody ... Read more >
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 | By will | Views [117]
This week I entered Vietnam from Southern Laos, through the small border post of Bo Y, which has only recently been opened to foreigners. My bus then headed down highway 14 towards Da Nang following the valley of the PoKo River. I had heard that Southern ... Read more >
Tags: cities, on the road, restaurants, historic sights, typhoons
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By utegute | Views [38]
Back in Hanoi. I kind of escaped back here.. After Silke left I went up to Cao Bang, a tiny town in the mountains, close to the chinese border. Except me there was no (NO! NONE, ZERO! NADA!) western tourist there. And absolutely nobody spoke a word ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By alistair | Views [46]
The first
day is Nha Trang was a bit rainy but gave me a day to wander around the tourist
zone and sample some of the restaurants, pubs and scenery. The beach in Nha
Trang is beautiful - miles and miles of wide sandy beach with only intermittent
coconut ... Read more >
Tags: booze cruise, mud bath, scuba diving, suit
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 | By sooz_and_claire | Views [29]
1st oct- sooz: free breakie...usual bread, egg, jam. the get packed and get tuk tuk to Vientaine airport, as Hanoi airport repened today after typhoon. airport is speedy and effcient, v different from normal Laos!a real class divide is sensed here- the ... Read more >
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 | By alistair | Views [30]
Delat is
quite a small town, quite pretty, but not a lot to do in the town itself. I’d
mainly come here as it is the base of a company called Easy Riders, who offer
guided motorcycle tours all over Vietnam. I’d arranged a three day motorcycle
tour ... Read more >
Tags: delat, easy rider, central highlands
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 | By utegute | Views [40] | Comments [1]
Hanoi is most interesting! Especially the way they drive in town!! Thousands of millions of cars and motorcycles and just EVERYBODY is driving where there is a free spot. No rules at all. Still I feel pretty save on the back of a motorcycle-taxi. Amazing ... Read more >
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 | By hannahandemma | Views [129] | Comments [3]
In one of the easiest decisions we've ever made, we have decided to
change our flight plans and head out to Laos a couple of days early. I
don't mean to be too hard on poor Hanoi, but it just really isn't our
scene. Ha Long Bay was pretty cool however ... Read more >
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 | By alistair | Views [34]
Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon as it is still referred to locally is a sprawling city of some 8 million people (and apparently 6 million motorcycles). It’s hard to say where the city starts or ends as the roads in this part of the world are inevitably lined ... Read more >
Tags: ho chi minh city, saigon
Wed, 7 Oct 2009 | By hannahandemma | Views [135] | Comments [2]
After a brief but fun 48 hour stop-over in S. Korea (where we went to a coffee shop and had our feet nibbled by fish - Weeds-style), we are finally in the 'Nam. Despite all of Hannah's extensive research (the woman takes OCD to a whole new "As ... Read more >
Tue, 6 Oct 2009 | By stackattack | Views [73]
So before I delve into more storytelling I forgot to mention one thing in Hanoi - I was at a cafe having breakfast and this random Vietnamese man was taking photos of me and wouldn't stop! I tried to ask what he was doing and all he said was that he ... Read more >
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 | By stackattack | Views [95] | Comments [1]
Hanoi just got more and more chaotic! The next day we went to Halong Bay which is about 3 hours north of Hanoi. The weather wasn't the greatest but we sailed on a 'junk' boat all day inbetween limestone rocks and walked through caves. On the way home ... Read more >
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