Destination: Vietnam

Gallery: Saigon

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By pen-eddie | Photo Gallery

Shoppping, Eating and Drinking

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1361]

Hoi An is a smallish town, about 30km from Danang, that is heritage listed. It is full of cute little streets and gorgeous old buildings, many dating from the 15th Century when Hoi An was a busy trading port. It has a really interesting mix of Japanese, ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Mountains and Beaches

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [751]

From Saigon we travelled inland to the highland region of Dalat. Apparently the mountains around here are really beautiful (we did catch a glimpse of them from our bus) but we never made a special trip out to see them. We got distracted by the food and ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

4.5 million Scooters

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1002]

Ho Chi Minh City (herafter Saigon) is a real shock to the system. We had thought that our weekend in Bangkok would be a nice way to ease us into the SE Asia experience, but realistically NOTHING could have prepared us for the sensory assault that is ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Vietnam

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 | By paul | Views [929]

Arriving in Vietnam I immediately noticed that the grass was greener on the Vietnamese side of the border.   Well actually it wasn’t greener as the Cambodian side of the border was actually a barren wasteland.   I hoped that Vietnam would live up ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Good Morning Vietnaaaaam!

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 | By lissaur | Views [1150] | Comments [1]

hey! well we are now in saigon, or Ho Chi Minh City depending on who you're talking to (anyone who works for the government or is of a vaguely communist persuasion will prolly try to shoot at you if you call it saigon). its really cool to be here, ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

I collect New Zealand money!!!

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [1095] | Comments [1]

Hey Everyone, I'm sitting in our hotel room at the Royal Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City. It is incredible noisy with 8 million people tooting in the traffic and sticky with 100% humidity. The tour finished today and most of the group continued on to Cambodia.... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Vietnam

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 | By paul | Photo Gallery

Hotdog anyone?

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [646]

Hey Everyone, Hope you are all good. I'm going to try not to make this too long but I have been in Vietnam 6 days now and been up to quite a lot. I will try and leave out all the boring, useless details so you get to read the good stuff. So far I have ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Gallery: Ho Chi Minh

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 | By jamie_candice | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Vietnam Again

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 | By realeyes | Photo Gallery

Hanoi

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 | By catherine_and_james | Views [1115]

Crazy crazy. Hanoi feels like China. The streets still have the mental Vietnamese traffic, but the shops sell Chinese medicine and the people look more Chinese. We enjoyed the cute water puppets and the Chinese style buildings and temples. We enjoyed ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Cambodia - Vietnam

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By jamie_candice | Views [1174] | Comments [4]

Well we arrived in Vietnam on Sunday and both of us have been so sick! Just before our flight from Cambodia, Jamie started having dizzy spells, heart was racing and looked really pale. So me being the worry wart I am, called for some medical assistance ... Read more >

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health

Prison Train to Hanoi

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By catherine_and_james | Views [2535] | Comments [2]

The train to Hanoi was booked out, but we managed to wangle tickets at the last minute. Not a soft sleeper like we planned, or even a hard sleeper. Not even a soft seat for that matter. A hard seat (translation: skinny wooden bench 50cms wide). As the ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Farewell to Pippa

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 | By ktphelan1980 | Photo Gallery