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Hoi An - Suit you sir!

A travel blog entry by stephen.j.booth

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Drop your chopsticks, Hoi an is tourist friendly, perhaps too much. Once we arrived in town we immediately knew we had travelled south, the weather was hot (it's been a while). Hoi An is a UNESCO world heritage sight, on our third day we took ...

Wherein I meet Kid Rock and join a Motley Crue

A travel blog entry by smartandsassy

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Oh, Hoi An, how I am enjoying you! Yesterday morning after a very satisfying breakfast at my $20 US negotiated rate down from $35 (booyah!) hotel my lovely taxi driver came and picked me up. He managed to get my flight to Hanoi for me Friday ...

The Heat is on

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... point) it does also talk about american soldiers also affected by agent orange, and so feels more like a commentary on humanity, than exclusively Vietnam. We decide to try and make our own way, by foot, back to the hotel, and of course get very, very ...

Day one and already I'm breaking the rules

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... by the War Remnants Museum which was a little overwhelming, to be honest. I'm glad I went, I learned a lot about the American/Vietnam War, however, I will have those images burned into my brain for life. Oof. We drove around a lot, ...

Day 75: Scooter Dodging

A travel blog entry by sirrocko711

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... looking coffee houses surrounding this area, but�today's dinner would be had elsewhere. As I don't have my bootleg photocopied�Vietnam LP guidebook beside me, any attempt to remember this restaurant's�unpronounceable name will be futile, but this was ...

Snip snip, chop chop. (hello chopping)

A travel blog entry by jlaire

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... open way after dark, helping make the narrow quaint streets beautifuly lit. We all agree that Hoi An is already our favourite place in Vietnam. 13/9/2011 We start the day with a four hour bicycle tour around the suburbs of the city. We pass miles of rice ...

Day 77: A Day on the Delta

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Breaking the Saigon stint neatly in two was a short Wednesday foray into the uppermost town on the Mekong Delta. Ideally the delta is explored slowly over 3-4 days but logistics and time were not on our side; we figured one day would be better than ...

30th Anniversary

A travel blog entry by eric

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... Not sure where it will lead, but it sounded genuine and encouraging. Incidentally, the big holiday coming up is April 30, Vietnam's Independence Day. Because all government including schools will be closed for four days, I left early for my next ...

Ha N�i, Ha Long, Ha Bloody Cold!!

A travel blog entry by bowney

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... got a meal and our own TV's! Day 1 We found our driver as soon as we got out of the airport, and made our way to Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. Let me tell you, the city roads are like nothing I have ever seen....it's like a sea of motor bikes coming at you ...

Haiphong

A travel blog entry by ieeworldvoyage

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... best to accommodate us, except for the ones selling bus or train tickets...and trying to exploit tourists. While the temperatures in South Vietnam were warm and we could swim, here, in North Vietnam, it is damp, grey and cold...the worse being that there ...

Beautiful Halong Bay

A travel blog entry by kally563

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My watch has died. This is a sign. The rest of the trip needs to be more relaxed. Yesterday, we headed for Halong Bay, about three hours outside of Hanoi. A private car out was included in our tour, but were we to do it again, we would forgo the car, ...

Hue - Tomb Raider

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The sleeper bus came to pick us up from Ninh Binh at around 10pm for the long drive to Hue. My heart sank as I stepped onto this rolling prison cell, the realisation dawning on me that I would be sleeping in a bed no bigger than a coffin. Not only that, ...

Sleeper bus between Hue and Hanoi

A travel blog entry by ieeworldvoyage

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... des probl�mes d'�tre un �tranger et un voyageur est que vous devez faire confiance aux gens � qui vous parlez et ici au Vietnam, tr�s souvent, on nous ment en plein visage, sans m�me avoir une l�g�re ombre de culpabilit�. Bien que nous avions ...

Hanoi - Mopeds, mopeds, mopeds

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... teach us how to prepare and cook traditional dishes such as spring rolls, chicken and catfish. You can find Pho everywhere in Vietnam and our hotel offered it for breakfast. It's a sort of noodle soup with chicken or beef served with onions and ...

My Son Ruins

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... visit. My Son contains anywhere from 25 to 70 buildings (depending who you ask) from the ancient Cham civilization of Vietnam. The Hindu religious complex was built in stages from the 4th to the 13th century and has been designated by UNESCO ...

Night train to Hue

A travel blog entry by ieeworldvoyage

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Version traduite plus bas Jan 23, Night train to Hue There is a lot to say about cultures when one clashes against another and neither seems to understand the behaviour of the other one... spending 15h on a night train from Nah Trang to Hue might just be ...

How to Make Rice Noodles

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How to Make Rice Noodles: 1. Soak rice in water for 6 hours or overnight. 2. Grind rice into watery flour and tie in bag. 3. Let bag sit and dry for 2 days. 4. Take semi-dried flour block out of bag and boil for 50 min. 5. ...

Vietnam - Overview

A travel blog entry by kimandrob

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... Bia Hoi beer! The War is an unforgettable truth, but one the Vietnamese are not keen to dwell on forever. The manner in which the people address this paradox in the 21st century now makes Vietnam such a ...

You'll Never Walk Alone

A travel blog entry by jlaire

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... friendly, kind natured and always smiling and its a nice change from pushy selling we had experienced in other parts of Vietnam. One lady, who says her name is Mong, latches onto Claire. She follows us around town and laughs at everything ...

Cool Riders

A travel blog entry by jlaire

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We are all quite sad to leave Hoi An as it would have easily filled another day wioth just wandering around, but nevertheless we have to get going on the 4 hour bus journey to Hue. We stop twice along the way. The first is at Ngu Hanh Son, a ...

Cultured Hue

A travel blog entry by kally563

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We flew to Hue this morning on Vietnam Airlines. The flight felt nicer than all of the US domestic carriers and many international flights I've been on. The flight attendants were friendly and we had a beautiful landing into Hue with rolling hills rising ...

Easy Riding through Vietnam

A travel blog entry by lisa-ashley

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... avoid running into James the horny Brit, so teaming up with Thai the Easy Rider was the perfect way to experience Vietnam first hand. Language lessons at gas stations over green tea. Stupidly sweet sugar cane juice next to old military ...

So cold...

A travel blog entry by zee

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... the largest island in Halong Bay. Our mission- a 6km trek through the interior. It started out a bit rough, and then got like a Vietnam war movie. Mud, dense jungle, random holes in the ground, I felt like an US Army Ranger. Luckily, we were dropped off ...

Midnight Not-So-Express

A travel blog entry by bowney

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... and positive, but I fear this one may not be so jolly! We arrived back to Hanoi, and are to make our way down the coast of Vietnam to Hu�. However, we are travelling by sleeper train.....and we booked too late to get a 'Soft Sleeper' so we are in a 'Hard ...

Hue

A travel blog entry by kimandrob

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... "DMZ Tour". It is remarkable how quickly such atrocities have become a source of commercial opportunity. Whilst in a small town in northern Vietnam a waiter had served us wearing his replica US army shirt! The DMZ was a 5km wide No Man's ...

Coconut sweets, Bees and Snakes

A travel blog entry by nomadic-brands

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DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 155 Temperature : 31 degrees Weather : Overcast Day One of the "tour" that we signed up for has now been completed....can you believe it? We have actually signed up for a three day tour...complete with tour guide, coach load of ...

Chap Ma

A travel blog entry by eric

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Hello again. One of the people I met on this trip is a man named Le Co. Le is the family name, Co his given name. Still, everybody calls him Le Co. I found him pretty interesting. He is an English teacher with a large ...

Let's do that again! Or not...

A travel blog entry by zee

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We were talking about how the travelogue's been getting stale, and were thinking about how we could spice it up. Drawing inspiration from tv we planned a wedding, then a funeral, then just opted for the border crossing from HELL!!!! (see, we know how to ...

Two day trip to Halong Bay

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... , on the night bus to Hue (pronounced Hway - with a phlegmy H). Several tour companies offer multi stop tickets either down or up Vietnam depending on whether you start in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Due to the shape of Vietnam you tend to ...

Wherein I burn one arm and witness a murder

A travel blog entry by smartandsassy

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In order to keep busy and not give into my penchant for being a loner for a month, I decided to book a tour to the Mekong Delta- because really, for 23 US dollars, you can't go wrong. So at 6:45 this morning I headed downstairs for a breakfast of a bun ...

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Hoi An - Suit you sir!

Wherein I meet Kid Rock and join a Motley Crue

The Heat is on

Day one and already I'm breaking the rules

Day 75: Scooter Dodging

Snip snip, chop chop. (hello chopping)

Day 77: A Day on the Delta

30th Anniversary

Ha N�i, Ha Long, Ha Bloody Cold!!

Haiphong

Beautiful Halong Bay

Hue - Tomb Raider

Sleeper bus between Hue and Hanoi

Hanoi - Mopeds, mopeds, mopeds

My Son Ruins

Night train to Hue

How to Make Rice Noodles

Vietnam - Overview

You'll Never Walk Alone

Cool Riders

Cultured Hue

Easy Riding through Vietnam

So cold...

Midnight Not-So-Express

Hue

Coconut sweets, Bees and Snakes

Chap Ma

Let's do that again! Or not...

Two day trip to Halong Bay

Wherein I burn one arm and witness a murder