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Sat, 4 Apr 2009 | By gracepace | Views [779]
despite all the positive thoughts and prayers for sun, maybe even a dance or two, the first day in Halong Bay was an exact copy of the weather i had experienced in Hong Kong. and i couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed - of course i had hoped it ... Read more >
Fri, 3 Apr 2009 | By willpeach | Views [1989] | Comments [4]
Vietnam is readjusting to an influx of foreigners. In 2007 the country saw 3.6 million overseas visitors enter the country, a 3.7% increase on the previous year. And with scores of English teachers and businessmen relocating here every year, these ... Read more >
Tags: ho chi minh city, immigration, nigerians, saigon, vietnam, visa
Thu, 2 Apr 2009 | By theblackgirls | Views [1255]
We were kept busy in Hoi An, jumping from place to place that we were having clothes made at. It was tough to stop getting clothes made, and we ended up shipping a big box home full of shirts, dresses, sandals, etc... We had a fun night out at the ... Read more >
Thu, 2 Apr 2009 | By gracepace | Views [543]
arrived at 4:00 this morning in Hanoi on the overnight train from Hue. it's raining pretty steadily and for the first time, i am shivering from the cold. a far cry from the tropical heat that i packed for. everyone else has decamped for day rooms to ... Read more >
Wed, 1 Apr 2009 | By willpeach | Views [511] | Comments [1]
I confess my negligence is tantamount to heinous crime. I
can’t take it any longer. For those of you expecting the usual dose of scathing
prose that appears here I apologise.
The truth is apathy breeds laziness. It appears the sole commentator
of ... Read more >
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 | By rebecca_spencer | Views [446] | Comments [1]
Today we got up early to prepare for our Mekong Delta day trip. The street we're staying in has the best food places so we found somewhere cheap and had brekky....boiled eggs & bread. The food is simple yet so very delicious over here. After a ... Read more >
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 | By ivanci | Views [1298]
Young tuk-tuk driver gives assurances once more that he is going to take us directly to border, and the ride should not take more then 2.5 hours. Leaving Kampot at 11am we enjoy local villages, kids running towards us calling "Hello" and scenery ... Read more >
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 | By rebecca_spencer | Views [385]
You might want to grab a tea/coffee/milo for this one....... DAY 1: - Well Deb and I arrived in HCMC yesterday around lunch time, we got our visas sorted at the airport, which was suprisingly easy, and then thought 'where to now?'. We got our bags ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By theblackgirls | Views [1349] | Comments [1]
What a busy first week it's been in Vietnam! Our Halong Bay trip was so much fun!! The first day started off with a 3 hour bus ride to the bay from Hanoi. Once we arrived, we hopped onto a junk boat with the rest of our group (about 25 people) and had ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By gracepace | Views [547]
cocooned in a hammock, i've got one foot on a gigantic palm frond so as to gently rock myself on the open porch of our Mekong homestay. the sun is setting and the sky looks just like a Maxfield Parrish painting. an amazing day, one that has inverted ... Read more >
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 | By gracepace | Views [656]
first full day on the Vietnam leg of my tour. for whatever reason, i find myself periodically dissolving into tears during the bus ride to the Mekong homestay. my new German friend, Matthias told me of this common phenomenon - almost everyone who travels ... Read more >
Sun, 22 Mar 2009 | By gracepace | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 19 Mar 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [901]
We spent only one day in Hanoi, wandering round Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter, a very cute part of the city with narrow streets and crazy scooters everywhere. Yesterday (Wednesday) we started a 3 day/2 night tour of Halong Bay, which is about ... Read more >
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [2913] | Comments [1]
We headed off from Hoi An, back to Danang
today to catch our sleeper train to Hanoi, on the way we detoured to Marble
Mountain for a look. Amazing! Prepare yourselves non-geologists for
some geo-geek stuff. The mountains
are made from ... Read more >
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 | By theblackgirls | Photo Gallery
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