Destination: Vietnam

Happy Birthday to Me

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [1047]

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 [1142] | 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 [1264] | 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 [1327] | 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 [737]

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

Vietnam

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 | By mikephall83 | Views [809] | 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

The Great Banana Scam -SCAM 2

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [2048] | 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

The Great Map Scam -SCAM 1

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [2625] | 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

Good Morning Vietnam

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Views [1158] | 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

Gallery: Hanoi

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By rosibud | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Halong Bay

Sat, 1 Mar 2008 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery