Destination: Vietnam

Hanoi

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 | By richie | Views [805] | Comments [2]

Hanoi there! It's a real nice city - again with the crazy buzy street life, but quite a few good restaurants too. We went out really to only one recommended site - the literature temple, which contains hundreds of staele (stone tablets, engraved with ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter

Halong Bay

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 | By richie | Views [780]

The place is amazing - but the organisation and tourists aren't.  Most people 'book' their Halong Bay tour from Hanoi, and are pushed onto a (full) bus the next morning with lots of other sweaty tourists - the first stop is a massive hall, encompassing ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Ho Chi Minh City

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 | By richie | Views [441]

Tone took me for a spin on a cyclo here, around HCMC to see the sights.  Actually the highlight was sitting with our drivers at a typical roadside 'cafe' for a really strong local iced coffee.  Tone's driver told his story, which went like this... ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Halong Bay

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By richie | Photo Gallery

Sapa - Hills of Beauty

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By roaming_reas | Views [946]

Walked the bridge into Vietnam today to discover a country of quieter people.  Many more smiling faces than China and NO SPITTING!  Yayee!  There are also way fewer smokers here than China...but with the behemoth Chinese super-highway being built to the ... Read more >

Tags: mountains

Gallery: Nabolaget i Saigon!

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By stefanly | Photo Gallery

Hue

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By sue_hood | Views [408]

The sleeper bus was not very comfortable.  It was designed by koreans for Koreans so picture very small and short sleeping births.  There were three rows of bunk beds in the bus with one bathroom.  Now in Vietnam, bus drivers hoot to warn the scooters ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Saigon and Mui Ne

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By jessica184 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Sapa

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By roaming_reas | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Hue

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 | By richie | Photo Gallery

Good Morning Vietnam!!

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By the-haines-rtw | Views [421]

Oh my gosh, we have just arrived in Hanoi and it's crazy........  We have never seen so many scooters in our lives!  The traffic here is mental and the city is huge.  We've just checked in to our guesthouse and there's free internet and free breakfast ... Read more >

Tags: Vietnam...

Sapa

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 | By sue_hood | Views [560]

We arrived back in Hanoi from Halong Bay, late after our bus had a flat tyre.   Changing the flat tyre was a very interesting process.   The bus driver was unable to change the tyre with the tools that were on the bus.   Next minute he had jumped ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Hoi An

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By richie | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Ho Chi Minh City

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By richie | Photo Gallery

Halong Bay

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By sue_hood | Views [396]

An early start and we were off to Halong Bay.  One night on a junk boat and one night on Cat Ba Island.   Central Vietnam had been hit with floods and Hanoi had apparently been busier than usual, but we were still surprised by the number of minibuses ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing