Destination: Vietnam

Gallery: Get Your Tunnel Rat Out!

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By willpeach | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Communist Tanks Smashed This Place To Bits!

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By willpeach | Photo Gallery

Saigon: An Impression

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By willpeach | Views [581]

Saigon is both ghastly and a wonderment. Motor horns pepper all hours of the day, fruit markets remain endless and its residents never tire of staring at that new foreign face. Life in a Goldfish bowl. One can, however, forgive its ... Read more >

Tags: district 1, district 7, saigon, vietnam

Trip to the Polish pillar

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By supertopoz | Views [793] | Comments [1]

This morning we paid out a load of money and took a boat to a place called the polish pillar, which basically is a sea stack in the middle of the Halong bay area of Vietnam. This pillar has two or three routes to it’s summit. We took the easiest route ... Read more >

Gallery: Vietnam

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By manu-sean | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Veitnam

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 | By jordie | Photo Gallery

Not much happened today.

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 | By supertopoz | Views [351] | Comments [1]

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Gallery: My Toe is bloody massive look at the size of it!

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 | By willpeach | Photo Gallery

The Best Laid Plans (Chapter 3)

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 | By seesea | Views [709]

I have titled at least one entry in each journal “The Best Laid Plans.” This one certainly qualifies. Your may have heard rumors of flooding in northern Vietnam. Well, they are true. The rains continued throughout the night and into the morning and when ... Read more >

Rain, floods and a Giant.

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 | By supertopoz | Views [656] | Comments [3]

It did not stop raining since I came to Hanoi, not to worry though there are different kinds of rain. Mostly it ranges from heavy rain to torrential rain, heavy rain seems okay.  But after 5 hours of torrential rain yesterday, things took a turn ... Read more >

Cuc Phuong National Park

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 | By seesea | Views [1702]

It rained hard in Hanoi on Thursday night so we weren’t surprised – disappointed but not surprised – when it was raining this morning.   We packed some essentials in our day packs and a laundry bag and left our luggage at Lucky 2.   Kxuyen, our guide, ... Read more >

Hanoi Museums

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 | By seesea | Views [3734]

We are running short of places to visit in Hanoi.   This morning we walked to the French Quarter to the Vietnam History Museum.   Vietnam’s history goes back 30,000 years and they have the now familiar Stone Age relics to prove it.   We followed ... Read more >

Back to Hanoi & on to Sapa

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 | By kim_gilmour | Views [578] | Comments [2]

Hi everyone! This will most probably be my last posting until we return home. We arrived back in Hanoi last night from Siem Reap and we take an overnight train up to Sapa in the mountains tonight. We are taking it easy today in Hanoi as we both are exhausted ... Read more >

Gallery: 7 Weeks in Saigon and All I Got Was Goddamn Dengue Fever!

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 | By willpeach | Photo Gallery

Trekking Around Sapa

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 | By seesea | Views [1774]

Hiking is the main activity around Sapa.  Weather in the mountains can be uncertain, but not on Monday.   It was certainly raining and foggy.   And the trails were certain to be muddy and slippery.   No doubt about it.   So we put on our rain gear ... Read more >