Destination: Vietnam

one bomb may ruin a whole day

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Views [358]

We were superheroes in Nha Trang? Now we turned into viscious beach dragons! Terrorizing french families on the far superior beach in Hoi An, the city of crazy silk tailors. The whole city seems to be one giant tailor shop and among us there are quite ... Read more >

Perfume Pagoda and Halong Bay

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 | By zholmes2 | Views [650] | Comments [7]

Sorry we havn't blogged in a while; we have been very busy! As you know, our tour to Halong Bay had to be cancelled because of the Typhoon, but we were assured that on Monday the weather would be fine and we would FINALLY be able to go. So on Saturday, ... Read more >

Good morning, Vietnam.

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Views [410]

It's 10:30 AM, day 5 in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Socialist in name only, seeing as it has the most business-minded people we've seen on this trip so far, but the hammer-and-sickle banners all around Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) make for an ... Read more >

Fire and water

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Views [360]

Nha Trang was a beautiful place and then they built those things, so it takes some skill in overlooking atrocious pink monuments and Holywood-type island labels. The sand glows during the day and at night they have a campfire on the beach, which we ... Read more >

Photos: Southern Vietnam

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Photo Gallery

Vietnam, here we come!

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Views [376]

So, we made it to Vietnam! After just one day in Saigon, a wet and colorful place with thousands of motorbikes and quite a bit of old-fashioned communist propaganda, we took the night bus to Nha Trang. I woke up this morning after some dizzy sleep ... Read more >

Hanoi

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 | By zholmes2 | Views [509] | Comments [12]

Sorry for the radio silence, it has been a busy couple of days. So we got on our plane to Vietnam! We were both very excited to be somewhere new and couldn't wait to start exploring! Hanoi is absolutely CRAZY but in a really good way! There are so many motorcycles ... Read more >

Trekking part 2

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 | By zholmes2 | Views [501] | Comments [5]

Be prepared: this is going to be a long one... Firstly...HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF OUR OLDEST AND BEST FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLAIREEEEE!!! We are thinking of you and hope you have a lovely day and a really good party (by the sounds of it it's going ... Read more >

Photos: Running-dog capitalist Vietnam

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery

We miss Saigon

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 | By noflyzone | Views [563]

We said nha thanks to Nha Trang in the end.  It was a party town where we couldn't find the party - and when we did it was crap.  Crazy Kim's bar was a strange place, but with much-appreciated English commentary for the WC.  The eponymous owner is ... Read more >

Photos: North Vietnam

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery

Don't drop your Hs

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By noflyzone | Views [783]

The mindblowingly mindless schedule of the border-crossing train had us up at 2300 for the to leave China, and then up again at 0100 to enter Vietnam! Each time we had to take all our things off the train, sit with the mozzies in immigration while ... Read more >

Tags: hanoi

Photos: Mekong River and An Binh Homestay

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 | By terrihorner | Photo Gallery

Tags: an binh island, vietnam

Inside World Festivals: Buon Don Elephant Races

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 | By worldfestivals | Views [4636]

Few travel adventures offer the excitement and uniqueness as Vietnam’s Buon Don Elephant Races, held each year around March in the forests near the Sevepoi River.  Nothing quite compares to watching ten magnificent elephants racing along a one mile ... Read more >

Tags: elephant races, elephants, sevepoi river, vietnam, vietnam festivals, world festivals

Photos: Mui Ne

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 | By jo_and_matt | Photo Gallery