Destination: Vietnam

Hanoi part 2 and Halong Bay

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1184]

How does anything not disappoint after the mini adventure of motorbiking...accidents and all?  By going to Halong Bay, obviously?  It's a world heritage site and you can forgive the rip-offs and the mass tourism...it is fantastic!  As part of our day ... Read more >

Gallery: Hanoi part 2 and Halong Bay

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Photos: Vietnam

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 | By brdcw | Photo Gallery

The Sapa Slide

Wed, 4 Apr 2007 | By hollycassandra | Views [2695]

After spending several days pounding the pavement for essential cold weather attire, haggling hard core for souvenirs, playing endless rounds of “Frogger” with gangs of cyclo drivers and wading through the maze of overcrowded side streets in Hanoi’s bustling ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Motorbike trip around NW Vietnam

Tue, 3 Apr 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Vietnam

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 | By h1annah | Photo Gallery

Bike Trip around NW Vietnam

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [2989] | Comments [1]

So it's 6am and I'm strapping Bob (the backpack) onto my bike, Darren is doing the same with his.  On the pavement is my jacket with my camera inside, a small bag of Darren's and 2 owners from the hotel we stayed in.  There are people around, but not ... Read more >

Tags: biking

Hanoi part 1

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1257] | Comments [4]

It's a plane journey to Hanoi...NOOOOO! another one, so much for me travelling without flying.  We are nearly ripped off within 30 mins of setting foot outside the airport. $2 for the ride into town which turns into $3 to take us to our hotel - they ... Read more >

Hue

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1294] | Comments [1]

Darren and i take the bus to Hue, it's very unusual as it's a big bus with no more than a dozen people on it and no chickens...very strange.  it stops at marble mountains just outside of Hoi An, I'm glad we didn't visit them.  100's of hawkers really ... Read more >

Tags: ruins

Lost in Hanoi

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 | By hollycassandra | Views [2767]

ADP: When Holly first visited Saigon, Vietnam in 1999 (during a post-collegiate voyage with Semester at Sea), she didn’t have the funds to take an extra excursion north to the country’s capital and the nearby regions of Sapa and Ha Long Bay. Fellow ... Read more >

Tags: Scams & Robberies

Gallery: Hue

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

2 days in Vietnam

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 | By katie_rose | Views [2415] | Comments [5]

Hi everybody.  Wow so 2 days in vietnam Ho Chi Minh city.  I was met at the airport by cousin Rick and his wife Phoung.  They took me by taxi to my hotel the very nice Novotel paid for by the airline.  I have never stayed in such luxury, a king size ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Danang, Hoi An and My Son Ruins

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [2098]

It's an hours flight - passed by reading the biography of Pol Pot. Who says i don't know how to enjoy myself.  The taxi drivers at the airport try to rip us off - i lose a pen and a bottle of water in the fight, well, from leaving them in the taxi.  ... Read more >

Tags: motorbiking, ruins

Gallery: Danang, Hoi An and My Son Ruins

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Dalat - Mui Ne - Saigon: 16th - 24th March.

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By h1annah | Views [893]

Hello guys, Hannah and I took our night sleeper bus down to Nh Trang, arriving there for about 6.30 am. As it seemed like just another big noisy city with a beach, still on the bus we made the decision to continue on our trails straight away and hop ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors