Destination: Vietnam

The Highlands and Beyond

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 | By shirandy | Views [340] | Comments [2]

I guess we should tell you about Mui ne.  It's an oasis on the beach, surrounded by sand dunes.  The beach is about 7 kms long beautiful white sand and very very quiet.  We shacked up in a brand new hotel on the beach with swimming pool complete with ... Read more >

Tam Coc

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 | By jadepeters | Views [1207]

Tam Coc means three caves, and is about a two hour drive from Hanoi to the South. I took a minibus there followed by a little boat rowed by two locals (with their feet) along the Ngo Dong river, through limestone mountains, which stretched for several ... Read more >

Gallery: Vietnam - Hanoi

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 | By jciecko | Photo Gallery

Quy Nhon and Dalat

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 | By harrisg | Views [2705] | Comments [1]

There's really nothing to say about the town of Quy Nhon, except that we shouldn't have bothered going there. In an attempt to get off the tourist trail, we plumped for the apparently up-and-coming beach resort. After being the only ones dropped off ... Read more >

Hoi An

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 | By harrisg | Views [612]

Hoi An reminded me a lot of lovely Luang Prabang in Laos. The old town is a collection of pretty, narrow streets with colourful old French buildings. There are nice cafes and bustling markets and a million places to get hand-made clothes. We hired bikes ... Read more >

Hanoi - Capitol City Fun

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 | By jciecko | Views [1249]

Hanoi was a pleasant surprise for me. Despite the loud traffic and fast paced lifestyle, I found the city very enjoyable. It’s an easy city to navigate by foot, so we spent hours wandering the streets, absorbing the different neighborhoods, markets, ... Read more >

Tags: museums, street food, temples

Good morning Vietnam

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By jadepeters | Views [445]

After a very long night at KL airport (where they are now renovating the McDonald's 24 hours a day so no one was sleeping) I caught a 3hr flight to Hanoi this morning and caught a bus into the city centre. I've found a great hostel in the Old Quarter ... Read more >

Gallery: Vietnam - Ninh Binh

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By jciecko | Photo Gallery

Ninh Binh - Halong Bay Meets Rice Paddies

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 | By jciecko | Views [3065]

Ninh Binh was a difficult, but incredibly rewarding short stop in our trip. Difficult because of the circumstances by which Sebastian and I arrived there (separately thanks to a dumb fight) and rewarding because it gave us a chance to experience life ... Read more >

Tags: countryside, temples, tours

Another Pic (the one I had up before) from the Cu Chi Tunnels

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 | By nncysf | Views [1246]

can't seem to remember how to upload an additional photo for 1 story so here's a quick entry just to give back the one of me crouching in the 1.2 meter high tunnel at Cu Chi

CuChi Tunnels

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 | By nncysf | Views [1790] | Comments [3]

yesterday our guide Phuong took me (Beth had tummy problems and stayed behind unfortunately) to the CuChi tunnels, where the VC and their supporters hid in tunnels up to 3 stories underground - everything was camouflaged amazingly (here's a cool pic of ... Read more >

Goodmorning Vietnam

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 | By oogs_mich | Views [521]

We had a SCARY introductory taxi ride from the airport but arrived at the 5 star Melia Hotel in Hanoi safely where we met Oogs' friend Jurgen who he is the Head Chef there. Once we arrived we asked the receptionist to please call him, she replied "... Read more >

10 Days in Hanoi

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 | By jazz81 | Views [504]

Hanoi seems to bear the brunt of everyones dislike in Vietnam, they are either heading off to Halong Bay or Sapa, maybe have just arrived and want to head down south straight away or haven`t left enought time to have a look around at the end of their ... Read more >

Vinh - Welcome to Vietnam

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 | By jciecko | Views [1063]

After 11 hours on a bus, we made it to our first stop in Vietnam. The border crossing was a breeze and the scenery coming down from the mountains was as beautiful as expected. Compared to Laos, Vietnam is loud, fast-paced, and aggressive. The change ... Read more >

Tags: borders, buses, vietnam

Saigon/HCMC

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By nncysf | Views [639] | Comments [2]

Beth and I flew from Da Nang to Saigon yesterday (quite weird thinking of all of us well-fed happy tourists flying out of a place called Da Nang, at least for those of us who remember the 60's and 70's). It's of course hot hot hot (more so even than ... Read more >