Destination: Vietnam

Photos: Halong Bay

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Hoi An

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 | By zholmes2 | Views [514] | Comments [2]

After our last day in Hue, we decided that because we loved motorbiking so much and we were so fed up of buses, that we would take up the offer of a ride to Hoi An on the back of motorbikes. This would take a whole day but the riders would stop at several ... Read more >

silk city II

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Views [366]

Hoi An is a giant silk tailor shop, everyone gets as much tailored as they can carry, because it's cheap and it's tradition.It is not however necessarily very good. Alternative activities include renting motorbikes to go to ancient ruins, that are ... Read more >

Goood Morning Vietnam!

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 | By rich | Views [992] | Comments [2] | Video

It's a 3am start today because we're headed for Hanoi, Vietnam. Our flight leaves at 6am and it takes a hour to get to the KL LCCT terminal (where the cheap airlines fly from). By 8.30am we've arrived in Hanoi. We did our visas online so it's quick ... Read more >

Photos: Hanoi

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Hue

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 | By zholmes2 | Views [436] | Comments [7]

We have arrived in Hue! As soon as we got off the overnight bus after a slightly uncomfortable ride (the bus driver kept beeping REALLY loudly throughout the night and the roads are very bumpy) we were surrounded by people asking us to come to their ... Read more >

one bomb may ruin a whole day

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Views [393]

We were superheroes in Nha Trang? Now we turned into viscious beach dragons! Terrorizing french families on the far superior beach in Hoi An, the city of crazy silk tailors. The whole city seems to be one giant tailor shop and among us there are quite ... Read more >

Perfume Pagoda and Halong Bay

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 | By zholmes2 | Views [698] | Comments [7]

Sorry we havn't blogged in a while; we have been very busy! As you know, our tour to Halong Bay had to be cancelled because of the Typhoon, but we were assured that on Monday the weather would be fine and we would FINALLY be able to go. So on Saturday, ... Read more >

Good morning, Vietnam.

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Views [464]

It's 10:30 AM, day 5 in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Socialist in name only, seeing as it has the most business-minded people we've seen on this trip so far, but the hammer-and-sickle banners all around Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) make for an ... Read more >

Fire and water

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Views [403]

Nha Trang was a beautiful place and then they built those things, so it takes some skill in overlooking atrocious pink monuments and Holywood-type island labels. The sand glows during the day and at night they have a campfire on the beach, which we ... Read more >

Photos: Southern Vietnam

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Photo Gallery

Vietnam, here we come!

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 | By pirates_of_the_cam | Views [426]

So, we made it to Vietnam! After just one day in Saigon, a wet and colorful place with thousands of motorbikes and quite a bit of old-fashioned communist propaganda, we took the night bus to Nha Trang. I woke up this morning after some dizzy sleep ... Read more >

Hanoi

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 | By zholmes2 | Views [545] | Comments [12]

Sorry for the radio silence, it has been a busy couple of days. So we got on our plane to Vietnam! We were both very excited to be somewhere new and couldn't wait to start exploring! Hanoi is absolutely CRAZY but in a really good way! There are so many motorcycles ... Read more >

Trekking part 2

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 | By zholmes2 | Views [523] | Comments [5]

Be prepared: this is going to be a long one... Firstly...HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF OUR OLDEST AND BEST FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLAIREEEEE!!! We are thinking of you and hope you have a lovely day and a really good party (by the sounds of it it's going ... Read more >

Photos: Running-dog capitalist Vietnam

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery