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Bike-e-bago: It's Cheap

Sun, 31 May 2009 | By largeone | Views [971] | Comments [1]

Travel Vietnam for less than 15,000 dong a day. You get a two stroke motorbike, a comfortable double bed strapped to your back grill, and last but not least - all the open air you can handle. Your travel insurance will not cover this however, so if ... Read more >

Suited and booted in Hoi An

Sun, 31 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [2718]

We lucked out with the bus to Hoi An – it was quite a bit more modern and seemed to have been designed with passengers in mind unlike its previous incarnations. This time there was a space for your bag rather ... Read more >

Tags: beach, bike, tailor

Hoi An: How do you untangle your tree trunk from powerlines?

Sun, 31 May 2009 | By largeone | Views [932]

Well, we've all done this before haven't we! According to locals, the best way is to use a super conducting metallic pole to dislodge the live electirical wires from branches extruding from the main stump. The reason for this being that it is believed ... Read more >

Gallery: Hoi An

Sat, 30 May 2009 | By largeone | Photo Gallery

Hoi An
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Cat Pho: How long does it take to skin a cat?

Sat, 30 May 2009 | By largeone | Views [6307] | Comments [10]

3 minutes I'm told, and 5 if you want it de-boned. Meat and noodle soup are a staple Vietnamese dish, and although dog and cat Pho restaurants are not common, they can usually be found on discreet narrow streets in Hoi An. Menus don't exist in restaurants ... Read more >

Funky monkey and the floating bar: Nha Trang

Thu, 28 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [33241] | Video

We had decided to do an island tour from Nha Trang - the punters on the boat were an eclectic mix of English gap year types, Filipino engineers working on the soon to open Nha Trang Marriot and a few locals ... Read more >

Tags: bar, beach, boat, island

Ha Noi: What does it take to be a security gaurd?

Thu, 28 May 2009 | By largeone | Views [917]

The same as in Australia...if you can read and write, you would probably be over-qualified. Only when you can generally stand upright; wear ill-fitting clothes; and look as if somehow life dealt you a hand of apocalyptic proportions, will you get an ... Read more >

Gallery: Halong Bay

Wed, 27 May 2009 | By largeone | Photo Gallery

Halong Bay
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Halong Bay

Wed, 27 May 2009 | By david_s | Views [839] | Comments [2]

halong bay was... well, let's just say it's probably in the top 3 events of my entire south east asia experience. north est coast of vietnam, littered with spires portruding from the water and junk. (the boats are called junk, but are far from our usual ... Read more >

Hanoi

Wed, 27 May 2009 | By david_s | Views [877] | Comments [1]

we arrived in hanoi really early in the morning. we were dropped off in the old quarter and were immidiately bombarded as usual with cab drivers.... wait. did i say cab driver? yes. cab drivers. vietnam does not do the tuk tuk thing. one of the major ... Read more >