Destination: Vietnam

Caodaismo e Túneis de Cu Chi

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 | By leo | Views [1260] | Comments [2]

Numa day-trip de Saigon visitamos esses dois lugares interessantes (ver fotos na galeria Caodai/Cu Chi). Em Tai Ninh, quase na fronteira com o Cambodia, visitamos a Santa Sé do Caodaismo, uma religião criada aqui no Vietnã em 1926 numa tentativa de ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Cidade de Ho Chi Minh

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 | By leo | Photo Gallery

Cholom, HCMC

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 | By leo | Views [1108] | Comments [3]

Cholom é o bairro chinês na Cidade de Ho Chi Minh. É realmente como ir à China: há templos/pagodas muito interessantes, além dos mercados. O mais interessante é o de ervas medicinais, pois caminhando pelas ruas o aroma forte e delicioso torna a caminhada ... Read more >

Tags: Markets

Saigon

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 | By leo | Views [822]

Nosso primeiro passeio em Saigon foi no mercado de Ben Thanh de 1914. Uma agradável surpresa pois é um mercado bem limpo e arejado no qual se encontra de tudo, inclusive vinho de cobra, que se trata de uma cobra dentro de uma garrafa com álcool! Acho ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Chegada no Vietnã

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 | By leo | Views [1077] | Comments [3]

O vôo com a Air France de Bangcoc foi tranqüilo e a passagem com a imigração também. A Mel teve apenas que pagar 10 U$ para transferir o visto do passaporte velho para o novo. Menos mal, pois ao preencher os papéis na chegada pensamos que nem a deixariam ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Gallery: Saigon

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 | By leo | Photo Gallery

10th September - Hoi An

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 | By katie_and_eoin | Views [922] | Comments [1]

My initial euphoria at leaving Cambodia and arriving in Saigon started wearing off pretty quickly when I realised that the Vietnamese follow the same road rules as the Cambodians but there are even more road users here.  To cross the street in Saigon, ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: 20. Vietnam

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 | By katie_and_eoin | Photo Gallery

Sands

Fri, 1 Sep 2006 | By taroso | Views [815] | Comments [2]

Sleep and Time I'm used to spending a week in a place if I don't feel like moving - inertia is my major driving force. Phase two of my travels consists of two months of package tours - the first a Gecko's from Saigon to Beijing; the second an ... Read more >

Tags: General

29th August - Escaped from Phnom Penh

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 | By katie_and_eoin | Views [1045]

"Interesting" is what everyone seems to say about Cambodia. Yes, very interesting, but by this morning all I was interestd in was leaving the place.  Actually, that is quite harsh, we had a good time but we'd seen enough. As we flew in, the ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

29th August - Escaped from Phnom Penh

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 | By katie_and_eoin | Views [793]

"Interesting" is what everyone seems to say about Cambodia. Yes, very interesting, but by this morning all I was interested in was leaving the place.  Actually, that is quite harsh, we had a good time but we'd seen enough. As we flew in, the ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Mars and Venus

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 | By taroso | Views [840]

Kallisti "9", said Tom - an assessment of one of the girls on our trip. No holier-than-thou-ness, please: male or female you probably rate people too. "9.5", replied I, "until she spoke". I have a low irritation ... Read more >

Tags: General

Interlude: Books

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 | By taroso | Views [663]

Those of you who enjoy the work of Jeremy Clarkson may be glad to know that I picked up The World According to Clarkson, a collection of his Sunday Times columns, a few days ago. Those of you who dislike Jeremy Clarkson will be glad to know that it ... Read more >

Tags: General

Companions: Travelling and Drinking

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 | By taroso | Views [884] | Comments [2]

You see and hear English words that are (practically?) unused in Australia - anyone know what a "suzerainty" is without looking it up, for instance? "Confluence" (a joining, specifically of rivers) crops up quite frequently - not ... Read more >

Tags: General

Dalat: Kitsch

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 | By taroso | Views [770]

When Dalat, in Vietnam's Central Highlands, is viewed from a distance, it gives a very Central European impression. Many of the larger buildings are from French colonial days. The lake is a manufactured one; the hills in the background natural ... Read more >

Tags: General