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Mon, 3 Mar 2008 | By mikephall83 | Views [867] | Comments [2]
Well weve been in Vietnam for about 6 days now and it has been really great. We've been in Saigon most of the time, except for 2 days where we went on a southern tour of the Mekong Delta.This is the first place that we've been where we have stepped into ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [2108] | Comments [1]
As we walked through the old quarter laughing about how gullible we were to fall for the great map scam, a lady carrying bamboo baskets across her shoulders filled with bananas and pineapples approached us to buy a banana. “No No bananas” we said.... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [2648] | Comments [1]
We wandered the old quarter this morning. In Hanoi everything you see is a tourist attraction so we decided just to wander the streets and get a feel for the place. We wandered down to Hoan Kiem Lake which is a beautiful lake not far from our hotel.... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [1173] | Comments [1]
We arrived in Hanoi yesterday afternoon and on the way in from the airport in the taxi our minds exploded with images of the South East Asia we had always imagined. The moment I saw the guy with 48 dozen eggs strapped to the back of his motorbike racing ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 1 Mar 2008 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 29 Feb 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [1345] | Comments [3]
Hi everyone, Just a quick update as we unexpectedly found an internet connection at the hotel we're staying in tonight! We're now on Day 2 of our tour of Halong bay, having spent last night in a cozy cabin on a Chinese Junk (the boats with the big ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 27 Feb 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [1443] | Comments [2]
Hi everyone, Hope you've all recovered from the earthquake! Things have been a bit less dramatic round here as we've spent 4 days relaxing in Hanoi before we head to Halong Bay to soak up some...er...cloud. Yes that's right, for the first time in ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 | By paulscott | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 24 Feb 2008 | By justine | Views [4797]
My next stop on the journey south was Hoi An, a small town along a river that is a UNESCO World Heritage site for its architecture, and one of the few towns that was spared bombing. It was a major port in the 16 th and 17 th centuries, and the ... Read more >
Tags: hoi an, shopping, tailors
Sun, 24 Feb 2008 | By justine | Views [4710]
From Hanoi, I boarded the Reunification Express, the train that runs between Hanoi in the North and Saigon in the South. I was only going as far as Hue – a 13 hour overnight journey. Over these months I have discovered that no matter how comfortable ... Read more >
Tags: dmz, history, hue, khe sanh, vietnam war, vinh moc
Sat, 23 Feb 2008 | By justine | Views [3023] | Comments [2]
Ever since I saw the movie " Indochine ," I've wanted to visit Ha Long Bay. I loved the haunting scenes where Camille and Jean Baptiste, her beloved French soldier (originally her adoptive mother's lover - it's a French film after all) ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, ha long bay, romance, soap operas
Sat, 23 Feb 2008 | By justine | Views [2840]
Part I I spent my first day in Hanoi wandering around the Old Quarter in a state of astonishment, gripping my Lonely Planet and trying not to get run over or fall into a gutter or trip over someone or be knocked over by a motorbike. It was total ... Read more >
Tags: bedbugs, cities, food, hanoi, motorbikes
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 | By paulscott | Photo Gallery
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