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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 | By tessa86 | Views [1281] | Comments [2]
Hello everybody and welcome back to our mystical adventures! Apologies for the neglect of my blog - we are well and truly off the tourist trail now and internet can be hard to come by/frustratingly slow...hope nobody was worried that we had died in a ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Dec 2009 | By missy_carrie_gee | Views [1507] | Comments [1]
This place is a crazy, hyper-active, energized, cosmopolitan city with mopeds galore. There’s 3 million + mopeds here and 8 million residents. It’s busy, dirty, hectic, and loud, yet residents and visitors LOVE it! I do. I’m having a blast so far. ... Read more >
Tags: food, ho chi minh, kids, massage, mopeds, saigon, war remnants museum
Wed, 9 Dec 2009 | By missy_carrie_gee | Views [1012]
Nha Trang I escaped the city of Saigon for a few days to go to Nha Trang in the East coast of the middle of Vietnam. It was a nice little beach town with lots of restaurants and bars. And tours. I think the fun of tours in Vietnam is the gamble of ... Read more >
Tags: bad hotels, nha trang, scams, tours, vietnam
Tue, 8 Dec 2009 | By missy_carrie_gee | Views [2140]
So, I decided to take the scenic route from Saigon to Bangkok. I always wanted to sail along the Mekong from Vietnam to Cambodia, and see the locals’ daily life unfold before my eyes. I decided on the 3 day, 2 night tour from Saigon to Phnom Penh. From ... Read more >
Tags: boats, border crossing, buses, cambodia, mekong, mekong homestay, mekong people, tours, vietnam
Tue, 8 Dec 2009 | By b_mc1989 | Views [1051] | Comments [9]
Ok where do I start? I went to Chiang Mai for a 3 day trek, it was quite fun apart from there wasn’t much trekking involved. We just went to shed loads of waterfalls which was fun but got a bit same same after a while. I jumped off this 10 meter high ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 | By tessa86 | Views [629] | Comments [1]
Greetings Beloved Ones and welcome to our Mystical Southeast Asian Adventure of 09-10! We have spent the first three days of our trip relaxing in Dalat, a former French colonial resort town in the mountains north of Saigon. Having only been to Saigon ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 | By tessa86 | Photo Gallery
Cool weather, Easy Riders, French villas and chocolate pie!
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Fri, 4 Dec 2009 | By crikeyitsmikey | Views [745] | Comments [2]
Today is the last day of my 30 day Vietnamese visa, my bag is packed
and i am flying to Bangkok in a few hours. I have loved this month in
Vietnam, though a month seems hardly enough time to get to know such a
foreign and diverse place. My last ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Dec 2009 | By missy_carrie_gee | Views [1106]
Here's some random and amazing sights I came across in Saigon: I walked into Sheseido, a really expensive skin care store, which sells face wash for $50 US, and the make-up lady is picking her nose. DIGGING for treasure. For about 30 seconds while ... Read more >
Tags: bizarre, ho chi minh, saigon, sights, vietnam
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 | By dondealban | Views [7702] | Comments [2]
On the way to the Cu Chi Tunnels, our bus stopped by a lacquer painting
shop. The paintings and other handicrafts were assembled by
handicapped people, mostly war victims who were no longer eligible to work in
offices or farms but who still wanted ... Read more >
Tags: ho chi minh, lacquer painting, people, vietnam
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By dondealban | Views [1192]
...and especially before crossing the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). These motorbikes are ubiquitous in Saigon, their traffic--oftentimes en masse--make it quite challenging to get across the street. This particular photo was ... Read more >
Tags: ho chi minh, street life, vietnam
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 | By crikeyitsmikey | Views [609] | Comments [1]
I just got into Hue today (that rhymes in case you didn't know). Its raining here and i expect that to continue- todays motorbike driver laughed at my hope of sun- its the rainy season. There seems to be a lot to see around Hue. I am most excited ... Read more >
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 | By crikeyitsmikey | Views [743]
i've totally lost track of dates and times. i don't have a watch- i can check my ipod or cellphone if need be- i mostly needn't. i don't really know how long i've been in hoi an, either four or five nights, i think. it is 9pm friday, november 20th, i ... Read more >
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 | By crikeyitsmikey | Views [1015] | Comments [2]
I am now back in Saigon for better or worse. I took about five days to explore the Mekong Delta- four of those on the back of a motorbike with Cuong (pronounced 'kung', approximately). It feels like a lifetime since I left Saigon. Returning, i find ... Read more >
Tags: the edited 11-16 version
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