Destination: Vietnam

Gallery: Work

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 | By ktphelan1980 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Northern Vietnam

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Field Trip II - day 5

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 | By annierose | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Field Trip II - day 4

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 | By annierose | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Field Trip II - day 3

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 | By annierose | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Field Trip II - day 2

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 | By annierose | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Vietnam

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 | By catherine_and_james | Photo Gallery

EXTORTION!

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 | By catherine_and_james | Views [2421] | Comments [5]

We've been so lucky with all the people we've met and trusted on this trip. Our luck ran out this morning. Seriously. Can you even imagine a crazy knife-weilding Vietnamese dude with his top lip cut off wearing a communist soldier's hat? He even ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

What Goes Down, Must Come Up

Tue, 5 Jun 2007 | By travelheart24 | Views [1456] | Comments [2]

Kudos to Isaac Newton for discovering the Law of Gravity based on the simple premis, "What goes up, must come down." I find however that the opposite is true when it comes to hiking: "What goes down, must come up." At least this ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Hue to Go

Sun, 3 Jun 2007 | By catherine_and_james | Views [1124]

After talking to other travellers who said that Hue,the capital of Vietnam before Hanoi, didn't have a huge amount to offer. As such, we gave ourselves a day to 'do Hue'. After nabbing ourselves a 'penthouse suite' with killer views right across the ... Read more >

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Sick of shopping - go diving!

Sat, 2 Jun 2007 | By catherine_and_james | Views [1215]

I find buying ready made clothes stressful enough, so after three days of dealing with tailors and making clothes from scratch, I was at breaking point and left Cat to it. Fortunately, the nearby Cham Islands promised some underwater treats to take my ... Read more >

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Tailor Made

Fri, 1 Jun 2007 | By catherine_and_james | Views [1554]

This is me with the clothes we got made in Hoi An. I would like to point out that they're not all for me, but also for my mum and dad and sister and husband. So it's not really as bad as it looks :) After the stress of choosing a great tailor with ... Read more >

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Good Morning Vietnam!

Thu, 31 May 2007 | By catherine_and_james | Views [4327] | Comments [1]

Typically Vietnam: a teenage girl biking down the street in a white ai do (long, tight fitting dress with side splits to the waist and trousers underneath). Not a very practical school uniform, but it looks beautiful. 5 people on one motorbike with ... Read more >

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In Sickness and in Health

Thu, 31 May 2007 | By catherine_and_james | Views [1042]

We've been on the move since Christmas and it all finally caught up with us. James was sick for a few days in Ho Chi Minh and once he got better, I got sick in Dalat. We're fine now, but it made for a pretty scratchy, grouchy, tired kind of week. ... Read more >

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Virgin Train Riders and the Dao Raffle

Tue, 29 May 2007 | By dkirwan | Views [996]

Our trip to Sapa, a small mountain town in North Vietnam, began with an overnight train. Before our group of mothers and daughters clamored onto the train, we stocked up on nightcaps of Tiger beer in the station. Compared to Emma and my many experiences ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors