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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 | By jamie_candice | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 | By jamie_candice | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 | By jamie_candice | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1418]
We began hearing from some restaurants around Hoi An, that "pig is finished." We were told it was "bad"... "pig is sick, like chickens used to be," they tell us. We wondered, however, why some restaurants still serve pork ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Wed, 25 Jul 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2101]
The Asian fascination with our hairy western bodies continues to amuse us. It's not just here in Vietnam, we've experienced it Laos on the local boat, the man rubbing Darrin's hairy leg, then exposing his smooth sleek leg to draw the comparison. Children ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1119]
Our travels take us on board a motorbike that Darrin has hired for half day and we carefully make our way to the beach of Cu Dai, where we kick it under umbrellas in beach chairs sipping down beers and fruit smoothies. The beach extends all the way north ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1304]
Hoi An is the custom clothing factory of Vietnam. People come from all over the world with pictures and catalogs displaying the articles of designer clothing they want to have duplicated and tailor fit to their bodies. Silk and fabric shops line the ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1386]
Hoi An is a quaint, colorful town, full of character, culture and atmosphere. Walking through the streets we find ourselves in a swirl of brilliant colors. Vietnamese silk lanterns hang from shop windows and decorate the exterior of buildings. Their ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1309]
Every trip, on or off a bus, train, plane, or car is an ordeal. We assemble our back pack straps, pulling them out of their big protective sacs for bus/plane ride protection, and load p for our usual peruse through town to find a spot to sleep. Our ... Read more >
Tags: Packing & gadgets
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1580]
We hop aboard our An Phu (pronounced by us as An "POO" for their quality of service and bus) to Hoi An. It's a 12 hour overnight bus, and is supposed to be a nice, big, A/C coach with reclining seats. What picks us up, instead, is similar ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Sat, 21 Jul 2007 | By lissaur | Photo Gallery
best ride so far.
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Sat, 21 Jul 2007 | By beckydidulich | Views [281]
So I've now
been here exactly a week, and in some ways feel like i've been here forever.
Still remember the first impressions, so I can compare those with my thoughts
now, and it feels like a lot has changed. Information overload. Also in terms
of ... Read more >
Sat, 21 Jul 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1452]
By 6:30 a.m. the sun is ablaze and I'm finding it difficult to breath on my early morning run. We decide to kick it on the beach under the palapalas for the day, until we catch our overnight bus to Hoi An. If you love seafood, Nha Trang is the place ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Fri, 20 Jul 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1229]
Travelers along the way have told us, while in Nha Trang, the thing to do is take Mama Lin's Boat Cruise... the best value $5 USD will get you in all of Vietnam. We boarded our usual mode of transportation, a bus, at 8:00 a.m. and were happy to see ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 | By lissaur | Views [1879] | Comments [3]
the bikes are running smooth now after getting refited in saigon with some new spokes and relined brakepads. turns out that after all my searching it is next to impossible to buy shimano pads for disc brakes, so at their insistance, i didnt really want ... Read more >
Tags: Snow
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