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Wed, 4 Mar 2009 | By jciecko | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 4 Mar 2009 | By jciecko | Views [1953]
Halong Bay is a truly magical place. It’s completely overrun with tour boats and all of the waste that comes along with them, but somehow it maintains its tranquility. We spent three days touring the different bays on a deluxe junk boat. The weather ... Read more >
Tags: boats, caves, cruise, kayaking, unesco
Tue, 3 Mar 2009 | By jadepeters | Views [445]
No I don't have a son and its pronounced 'Me Song'; a place not a person. I took a bus from Hoi An out to My Son which is the major site in Vietnam from the ancient Champa Kingdom which flourished between the 2nd and 15th centuries. Descendants of ... Read more >
Sun, 1 Mar 2009 | By willpeach | Views [732]
Vietnam, that aching wound of a country, saps in the rot and
garbage from elsewhere. Here those very things that outgrew their novelty back
home live on in a second life of endearment and idolization. It’s like an early
90s school disco you’re ... Read more >
Tags: annoying, backstreet boys, boyzone, cotton eye joe, irritation, phlegm, vietnam
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By jadepeters | Views [885]
As I wrote my journal yesterday I included a sentence about an unusual itchy rash that had appeared on my arm, but then I thought it was irrelevant so deleted it. I took an antihistamine, put some stuff on it and figured it would be gone in the morning ... Read more >
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By claire_jefferies | Views [720]
Ollie and I decided to do a bit of a mission up to the mountains of Vietnam, close to the Chinese border. Originally we planned to do a remote border crossing into Northern Laos, then travel down to Luang Prabang from there. When we actually looked ... Read more >
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By claire_jefferies | Views [1144]
(What is it with Vietnam and the letter H? It feels like every city has to begin with an H: Ho Chi Minh, Hoi An, Hue, Hanoi - you’d think they could have been a little more creative) Hue was just a short (4 hour) bus ride from Hoi An, so it ... Read more >
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By claire_jefferies | Views [746]
The main reason you head to Hoi An is the tailoring, and who were we to be any different? Hoi An is absolutely FULL of tailor shops who can run up anything you like in a matter of hours. With the thought of trying to close my ever expanding backpack ... Read more >
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By claire_jefferies | Views [537]
Vietnam didn’t touch me in the way that Cambodia did - apart from in one area. The coffee We were first introduced to this wonderous beverage in Phu Quoc, when after a bleary eyed journey on the ferry we paused for a refreshment stop before ... Read more >
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By claire_jefferies | Views [465]
So Nha Trang had to be all about ME cos it was MY BIRTHDAY during our stay there. The overnight bus was a bit of an adventure - Ben & Ollie are frankly too tall to fit in the sleeper seats, Rox’s was cut short so even she couldn’t fit in -... Read more >
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By claire_jefferies | Views [382]
After a 3 hour ferry ride from Phu Quoc to Rach Gia, we had another moto drive to the bus station. Prior to this though, I managed to cause myself an injury by falling down some steps and landing on a concrete bench. Ouch. The bruise on my bum was ... Read more >
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By jciecko | Views [1170]
Sapa is like the picture perfect postcard. It’s a beautiful hillside town with thriving communities of ethnic minorities. It’s surrounded by high mountains, terraced rice paddies, and deep green valleys. It’s no wonder that it’s become a must see stop ... Read more >
Tags: ethnic groups, trekking, villages
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By jciecko | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009 | By erin_and_pete | Views [780] | Comments [1]
With all of the chaos that is Hanoi, we were quickly ready to make plans to get out of the city. We made reservations to take a guided trip about 3 hours away to Ha Long Bay. We made plans to stay overnight on a boat (a junk, actually), explore a ... Read more >
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 | By erin_and_pete | Views [664]
After some of the easiest security I have ever been through and a 40 minute flight we touched down in Hanoi. We made our way to the "Vietnam Airlines Shuttle" and crammed into the overpacked mini-bus. The ride took about 50 minutes, but we ... Read more >
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