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Thu, 13 May 2010 | By colleen_finn | Views [2205]
Yesterday was my birthday. The day started by taking the bus to the Ky Quang temple/orphanage, which is more Vegas than Vietnam in its appearance. The temple was built to appear as though it was carved into a mountain of rocks, with huge fake boulders ... Read more >
Tags: voluntourism
Wed, 12 May 2010 | By jennye23 | Views [665] | Comments [1]
Sapa - Descending into the mountains via very luxurious night train did not prepare us for hard core trek from the mountain town Sapa into the hill tribe villages, but the effort was worth it for amazing views of mountains and all the hundreds of rice ... Read more >
Tue, 11 May 2010 | By colleen_finn | Views [1252]
As I mentioned before, the orphanage where I am volunteering is privately run by a Buddhist organization in a fully functional Buddhist temple (Ky Quang). Government orphanages are available here, but they are very crowded; as a result, children in ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, voluntourism
Tue, 11 May 2010 | By pommie51 | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 11 May 2010 | By pommie51 | Views [739] | Comments [3]
After a tiring day on the bus we arrived in Hoi An around 6:30pm and were pleasantly surprised to find a very quaint, French styled village filled with little restaurants and bars and hundreds of tailors, shoe makers and clothes shops. That night ... Read more >
Sun, 9 May 2010 | By colleen_finn | Views [1754] | Comments [4]
Dog lovers, beware. You may want to skip this post. Okay, well don't say I didn't warn you. But in the vein of "when in Rome," I experienced my first taste of a local delicacy: dog meat. Yes, really. Trust me, I felt more skittish about ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, food & eating
Sun, 9 May 2010 | By colleen_finn | Views [1320] | Comments [1]
After a few days of relaxation in Sihanoukville (a sleepy Cambodian beach town), it was off to Vietnam. The first stop was Chau Doc, which is a small city in the Mekong Delta. It was while in Chau Doc that I had the pleasure of experiencing a motorcycle ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, voluntourism
Sun, 9 May 2010 | By colleen_finn | Photo Gallery
All photos taken by Colleen Finn
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Sun, 2 May 2010 | By jennye23 | Views [540] | Comments [2]
Having been a little neglectful with keeping up to date with the blog I will now attempt to sum up the two journeys and 3 cities since I last wrote. The first city Hoi An was beautiful, exactly how I pictured 1800s Oriental cities courtesy of the ... Read more >
Sat, 1 May 2010 | By leizza | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 30 Apr 2010 | By leizza | Views [763]
So I thought I was going to move on from describing our Vietnam experiences, until I remembered an earlier promise. In the posting entitled, "Vietnam Blues, or Excitement..." I promised a story from our bus travel from Phu Quoc on to Con ... Read more >
Thu, 29 Apr 2010 | By leizza | Views [665]
Our last few days in Hanoi before departing Vietnam were enjoyable amazingly enough. I believe this is because we shopped! Knowing this was near the end of our trip and not having to lug around heavy bags for much longer, we stocked up on a few things.... Read more >
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 | By leizza | Views [706]
Ok. So, the cruise on Halong Bay. I want to get some information out there for anyone that may be reading this (as I did of others), planning for their own trip to Vietnam and specifically Halong Bay. 2 vital most important things/steps: book through ... Read more >
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 | By chillindron | Photo Gallery
A Halong pasaando por Hano
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Wed, 28 Apr 2010 | By chillindron | Views [400]
A eso de las 6 de la mañana ya estamos en Hanoi. Nos queda esperar un ratito en la estación tomando un té como la mayoría de los viajeros que acaban de llegar o esperan el siguiente tren. (foto 1) Aunque hace un poco de fresquito por las horas que ... Read more >
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