Destination: Vietnam

Gallery: The homeland!

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 | By vien_and_shaz | Photo Gallery

The homeland!

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 | By vien_and_shaz | Views [1080] | Comments [3]

We were a bit concerned about arriving in Vietnam as we heard a lot about scams and theft from other travellers AND my mum and dad. They weren't wrong (within an hour of arriving we met a girl who had her pack, passport and money stolen) but employing ... Read more >

Lost in the fog of Sa Pa

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [746]

Hi there.  We are currently lost in the fog around Sa Pa.  We have added heaps more photos of Sa Pa. Take a look. More stories when we find our way out!!! Love Rosi and Jen

Gallery: VIETNAM

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By paulmatthew | Photo Gallery

Travelling to Sa Pa

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [1155] | Comments [1]

We caught the night train on Sunday night from Hanoi to Lao Cai.  We shared our cabin with Stephan and Annabelle, two young German medical students who we’ve been travelling through Halong Bay with.  We bought deluxe soft sleepers and were shown photos ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Halong Bay

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [2137] | Comments [2]

Friday saw us take off on yet another tour, this time to the mystical Halong Bay.  It’s situated on the North East Coast of Vietnam and consists of 3000 or more islands jutting out of the Bay of Tonkin. According to our guide Tien the legend has it that ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Happy Birthday to Me

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [1105]

The more we travel through Vietnam the more we come to love this country and it’s amazing history and warm friendly people. On Thursday, my 43rd birthday, Jen bought me a day tour of the ancient capital Hoa Lu, the rice fields of Tam Loc and surrounding ... Read more >

Tags: the great outdoors

Gallery: Sa Pa

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Halong Bay

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Tam Loc

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Photo Gallery

Toot toot honk honk

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [1173] | Comments [2]

We've been in Hanoi since Saturday.   Toot toot honk honk.   Every 2 seconds someone toots or honks or asks us to buy a watch, a zippo, a hammock, a pineapple, a banana, some rambutan, a cap, a tshirt, some chopsticks, another banana, a toy wooden ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Sapa

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery

Trip Stats - 1/3 of the way!

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [1357] | Comments [3]

Seeing as we're now four months into our trip we thought we'd do a bit of quantitative analysis on our experiences So far and have spent our spare afternoon at the Chinese border putting together a few trip stats... Countries we've been to = 7 Flights ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Sapa

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [1401] | Comments [4]

Hi everyone, We've made it to China! Well across the border anyway. We're now sat in an internet cafe with 8 hours to kill before our bus journey to Kunming because our travel agent messed up the bus booking! Grrr. He told us he'd arrange tickets for ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Hanoi Pearl

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [762]

Today we saw the cutest dog ever!!!!! Sorry to all my dog luvin' friends back home.. Yes this dog was cuter than Molly the wonder dog or Weasel...  Today we met Hanoi Pearl.  I bet she even barks in Vietnamese!!!!

Tags: Sightseeing