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Tue, 17 Jan 2006 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [1361] | Video
How is it that a 4 foot Vietnamese boy of eight can cross the street and end up on the other side without a scratch when, somehow, nobody can see all 5 feet 10 inches of me coming? I don't have an answer for that, but it's always an adventure crossing ... Read more >
Tags: (mis)adventures in local transit, planes trains & automobiles, vietnam
Tue, 17 Jan 2006 | By lolo | Views [1092]
hi guys! hope everyone is doing well. the past couple of days were so great, so odd, so different, i just felt like letting you guys know what its like here. to cross the street, you need to have nerves of steel ~ or, as one aussie ... Read more >
Tags: Markets
Sat, 14 Jan 2006 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [2200]
The most traumatic part of any trip, I think, is finding a hotel. Hue greeted me from my overnight train ride with a downpour. Even with my rainjacket, I was soaked to the skin by the time I found a cab. In the meantime, young men paid to take ... Read more >
Tags: home away from home, i should have known better!, vietnam
Fri, 13 Jan 2006 | By lolo | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 12 Jan 2006 | By lolo | Views [921] | Comments [1]
hi guys! (hi minesh! keep on keeping on in china!!) just wanted to let you know....i visited the cu chi tunnels today, about 60km outside of saigon....and they are mind-blowing. i cannot believe how SMALL these tunnels are. 250km of tunnels ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [820]
In Hoi An there are a ton of book exchange stores with English books, so I went in to get a new one today and all - and I mean ALL - the books were photocopies! They had color covers, but the pages were all cheap photocopy paper. Now, in Viet Nam ... Read more >
Tags: i should have known better!, vietnam
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 | By hanna_and_sarah | Views [1208] | Comments [3]
'Nothing to see here, doing to do', is what the Lonely Planet describes Quang Ngai the beautiful city in central Vietnam as. Due to most travelers being by the book, as in the bible book LP, Quang Ngai remains to this day as a path off the tourist trail ... Read more >
Tags: People
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 | By lolo | Views [951] | Comments [2]
hi everyone! i feel like i haven't written in forever. probably because i LOVE saigon. this city is incredible. everyone warned me about how pushy the vietnamese are, but i dont' see that AT ALL. everyone is sweet and friendly. i got here 2 ... Read more >
Tags: Markets
Sun, 8 Jan 2006 | By sven | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 8 Jan 2006 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [619]
Religious "Freedom" and Discrimination Part of some agreement between the US and the new Communist government after the war was that the new Viet Nam must have religious freedom. The government says there is today, but on ... Read more >
Tags: culture, vietnam
Sat, 7 Jan 2006 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [1229]
So I didn't make it to Halong City . Don't worry, nothing bad happened. I was on the bus from Thai Nguyen on my way out of town when I got this bad feeling that something wasn't quite right. I've had the feeling before, and nothing good ever ... Read more >
Tags: culture, people, vietnam
Wed, 4 Jan 2006 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [724]
How to Buy a Car or Motorbike in Viet Nam 1.) Check the horn. How to Cross the Street in Viet Nam 1.) Remember mom telling you to "Look both ways and always walk on a crosswalk"? Well, forget it. 2.) Look left 3.) ... Read more >
Tags: (mis)adventures in local transit, vietnam
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [631]
12-31-2005 10:23 PM , Hanoi, Viet Nam Happy New Year! I'm 11 hours ahead of the Midwest , so we only have 2 more hours to go, but I hope everyone there has a good one. I've finally updated my Itinerary with more specific places, so check ... Read more >
Tags: food & eating, vietnam
Tue, 27 Dec 2005 | By sven | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 14 Dec 2005 | By dan_in_japan | Views [806]
Hi all, So Saigon is a town in the city of Ho Chi Minh - Now that that's cleared up, I'll fill you in on what I have been doing. I leave Saigon tomorrow for Phnom Penh in Cambodia. It is an 8 hour bus ride, leaving at 8am. Three of us are going together, ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
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