Destination: Vietnam
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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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Wed, 2 Jul 2008 | By andynjen | Views [10]
The morning after the great laundry fiasco, we left bright and early for Dien Bien Phu, trying to make the border crossing to Laos. Turns out it's a long way by bus- but drives through some of the most spectacular scenery in Vietnam. We were on ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 | By andynjen | Views [9]
We stayed at the Cat Cat Hotel, which has a seventh floor restaurant with phenomenal views out over the hills of Sapa. On our first day we climbed up the mountain to the botanical gardens, and found ourselves lost in a maze of winding paths leading ... Read more >
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 | By happywanderer | Views [35] | Comments [1]
Hoi An Hue
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 | By hester_c | Views [54] | Comments [1]
Brendon So, Can Tho is where we were! We got up at 5 am, already packed our bags to travel to Rach Gia (ferry place)afterwards, and were picked up at the guesthouse at 5.30. We strolled for about 10 minutes to the river and got on the tailboat. As ... Read more >
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 | By hester_c | Views [56] | Comments [3]
Brendon It's been a while since we wrote on here, so there is much to tell. Come to that we have 3 hours till we leave for our flight to the nice sandy beaches (we hope), so get yourself a cup of tea, get comfortable, cuz here it comes...... After the ... Read more >
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 | By jmbworldpilgrimage | Views [33]
Dalat is an anamoly of Vietnam. While the rest of the south is blazing hot, Dalat remains cool and collected. Really, it's a breath of fresh air...perhaps because of the alpine-rainforest fusion; on the other hand it could be the Vietnamese "highlanders"... Read more >
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By catherine_haf | Views [28]
Well, am one week and a bit into my Vietnam odyssey and have been soooo lucky with everything - weather, friends, being shafted by touts, not to mention the motorbikes.... Arrived well excited in Hanoi, and spent a happy day there, wandering the streets, ... Read more >
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By happywanderer | Views [41]
THis morning we took a bus tour out to the Cu Chi tunnels. It was about an hour away, but we first stopped at a factory where they make all sorts of lacquered things with eggshell and/ or mother of pearl. The things were beautiful, and the money from ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 | By happywanderer | Views [48]
So after a journey of about 26 hours... we have finally made it to Ho Chi Minh City/ Saigon. We were on a sleeper bus for that time, which was MUCH nicer than ordinary buses because you can lay out, and about 500x nicer than the awful bus from Vientiane.... Read more >
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 | By happywanderer | Views [43]
Yesterday, in Hue, we slept in a bit (7:30/8:00) and got up to see the city. We ended up taking a motorbike tour of the city, going out to Tomb TU Doc and... the something Pagoda. We went and walked around the Citadel as well. We finally did think Hue, ... Read more >
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