Destination: Vietnam

10/4/07

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By ellapearce | Views [438]

this morning i woke up and had breakie. then we went and saw Ho chi minh's body, which has been conserved for almost 40 yrs. then we saw his old house. After that we visited an old prision which they used to keep captured american soliders in and political ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Sapa- Culture

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By omkelly | Views [1206] | Comments [7]

12th April 2007 We arrived at 6am upon a noisy rattler, our spirits diminishing but the experience valuable. The trip from Hanoi to Sapa took approx 10hrs. The bus trip from the train to Sapa was relentless. We continued to climb into the mountains ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Mountain Trecking

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By leannedallosto | Views [519] | Comments [3]

We are in sapa in Vietnam and we arrived here from the capital Hanoi by train. It took us 10 hours so we all got to sleep on the train and i thought it was a really good experience, although it was a little rocky. We arrived at 6:30am so we spent most ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

day 1 to 4 briefly

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By em_and_em | Views [509] | Comments [7]

hey all back in aus and others reading. sorry havent been able to get onlline till now. we have been so busy doing so many new different and exciting things. day 1- After an 8hr flight we landed in Hochimin City. it was very hot and muggy a bit of a ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

sapa

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By julzlozbrit | Views [380] | Comments [3]

WE HAVE JUST HAD AN AMAZING DAY IN THE HILLS WITH THE NATIVE TRIBES OF VIETNAM, IT WAS CONFRONTING AND BEAUTIFUL, HAVING SEEN THE WAY THEY LIVE AND HOW THEY HAVE REMAINED SO DETACHED FROM TECHNOLOGY AND ALL SORTS OF EVOLUTION. THEY WERE EXTREMELY PERSISTANT ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

First Week in Vietnam

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By saram | Views [385] | Comments [4]

Vietnam has been a-mazing! Today we arived in Sapa at 6 in the morning. We causght the train from Hanoi at ten last night, that was an experience in its self, it was ment to be first class lol. But it was worth it because this place is beautiful. It ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Hanoi

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By kayla_n_danae | Views [485] | Comments [3]

We arrived from Siem Reap and met up with our tour guide Phiem, his english was very good! he told us lots of jokes and how to speak in Vietnamese... we went to opur hotel it was called the Galaxy hotel it was very nice. the next morning i had realised ... Read more >

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Us so far

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By amanda_megan | Views [463] | Comments [1]

Well the last few months leading up to this trip have been hectic!! Students to organise and last minute changes to staffing (we miss you Pete!!!!) But, our experiences so far have been FANTASTIC! It has been a thrill watching the students interact ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

day 7!

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By benjake | Views [498] | Comments [1]

last night we caught an over night train to SAPA, we arived early in the morning to a RAINY DAY!!!! it is far colder than cambodia and the wether is actually quite like that in bowral. today we explored some hill tribe areas and took in some amazing ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Mekong Delta

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By lehongxuan | Views [563]

Mekong Delta trip! Wow! it's was great fun. Before starting off the trip, we had a game night because they wanted everyone to get to know with each other. It was a good chance to make more new friends. What surprised me was that almost the people there ... Read more >

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Gallery: Mountain and sea

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By lehongxuan | Photo Gallery

train trip

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By calvin_joel | Views [458] | Comments [1]

yesterday we caught the train from Hanoi to Sapa. the majority of the group found the trip unbearable,and uncomfortable. the train left from Hanoi at 10 p.m and arrived at Sapa at 6 a.m. we arrived at Sapa during a rainfall, from here we caught a bus ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

There's No Place Like Home

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By hollycassandra | Views [1303]

HCC: I never thought I’d travel halfway around the world to spend a Sunday night watching Sex in the City and ordering take out. When our new twenty-three year old French friend, Emmanuel (we met him on the train back from Sapa), invited us to his home ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Ninh Binh

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1122]

A transport hub to see Halong bay on rice fields, floating villages, Vietnam's first National Park and some cool pagodas.  That's the plan - the reality is me getting flu and feeling sorry for myself.  I managed a day on the back of a bike to see some ... Read more >

day 4

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 | By benjake | Views [376] | Comments [2]

Today our group had an early start after flying in last night from cambodia. We all had our money exchanged into dong and everyone is looking forward to hitting up the markets as soon as possible. Today we visted Hochi Min and the surrounding areas. It ... Read more >

Tags: Work