Destination: Vietnam

il Mekong

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 | By ale-giuli | Views [388]

Il Mekong e' un fiume grandissimo, cosi'grande che gia' uno solo dei bracci del delta mi sembrava il mare. Il Mekong ha piu' del mare che tutto intorno c'é solo verde. Verde, verde, verde, un verde che ti insegue fino nei sogni. Sul Mekong si sognano ... Read more >

Gallery: Northern Vietnam and Halong Bay

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 | By laina333 | Photo Gallery

State Side

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 | By laina333 | Views [629]

I wanted to add one last post to my "Southeast Asia" journal.  Many more adventures were had from the time of my last post in Nha Trang, Vietnam and my return home but my days seemed to be on warp speed with no chance to write.  Busing through ... Read more >

Kammuri was the best that happened!!!

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 | By amouna | Views [765]

Ok, I know I might sound a bit crazy and schizofrenic at the moment, since last time I wrote life sucked, because of the stupid storm Kammuri...bla bla...but my mom always comforts me with the arabic saying...."when something bad happens...there ... Read more >

Stuck in a storm!!!!

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 | By amouna | Views [554] | Comments [2]

I wanted to have some adventure on my trip and I sure got more than I asked for! Now the adventurous rainy hike turned into an imprisonment in a small town called Lao Cai in the north of Vietnam. The Typhoon Kammuri that came from China has caused so ... Read more >

Aerobica a Saigon

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 | By ale-giuli | Views [482] | Video

BIG Surpriseeeee

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 | By b_ray | Views [751]

Hello all! Hey thanks for tuning in again.... Well, all things considered for the Far East at the moment..... we; Gann and I decided to goto Mt. Everest in Nepal and hopefully Tibet as well then India in a few months..Sooooooooo we are departing today ... Read more >

kon tum

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 | By ale-giuli | Views [414]

Io viaggio contro la paura, perche' l'esistenza di tutte queste persone nel mondo mi tranquillizza, mi sembra che ogni essere umano abbia in se' una grazia che mi fa dimenticare ogni disperazione. Viaggiare mi serve a ricordarmi sempre che non e' tutto ... Read more >

verso sud

Tue, 5 Aug 2008 | By ale-giuli | Views [486] | Comments [2]

Lasciamo Hanoi accaldati e storditi dai clacson e atterriamo in una sera lunare a Danang. Non ci sono piu' basi americane e c'e' un silenzio calmo, una tranquillita' nuova. Ci scortano in cyclo Stanlio & Ollio e ci portano a cena nell'unico ristorante ... Read more >

India India Indiaaaaa here we come

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 | By b_ray | Views [825]

Well Vietnam was an experience...uh to say the least, good and bad. humm Anyway, I studied many art forms new to me at many studios and even made some masks from the materials used. It was very fun learning from the masters. PS, If anyone sees Charlie ... Read more >

Making clothes in Hoi An

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 | By amouna | Views [534]

Did I say that Hoi An is relaxing?....I take it back...because once you start going to the tailors here the circus begins! Hoi An is an old small town famous for all the tailors, but trying to find a good one is not easy. I think we have spend the last ... Read more >

Gallery: Nha Trang...diving and enjoying!

Fri, 1 Aug 2008 | By amouna | Photo Gallery

Forget about crossing the streets...GO DIVING!!!

Fri, 1 Aug 2008 | By amouna | Views [572]

Ok...I know I have been awfully lazy when it comes to keeping you guys informed of what I am up to here in the far east...but it is soooo damn hoooot, which makes me soooo damn laaaazy. So the last week we spent in Nha Trang, a beautiful beach resort, ... Read more >

Excursions to Halong Bay & Sapa

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 | By jfernandes | Views [2120]

I booked on to two separate trips from Hanoi- what were recommended by several people as the must-sees of Vietnam - one trip was a cruise along Halong Bay, the second trip was a trek in Sapa. Halong Bay Cruise Halong Bay is in northeastern Vietnam.... Read more >

Tags: cruise, haong bay, kayaking, sapa, trek

hanoi

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 | By ale-giuli | Views [463] | Comments [5]

La immaginavo viola e ferma, come nei libri di Marguerite Duras. Mi aspettavo che l'Indochine fosse racchiusa tutta sulle sponde del lago di Hanoi o nelle imposte socchiuse dei suoi palazzi strettissimi e invece e' come se mi avessero spinta nel traffico ... Read more >