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Vung Tau Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Vung Tau, Vietnam
Beaches and Bikes
This is a top pick! We had a smooth 3 hour bus ride to Vung Tau, a city of about 160,000 people on the South China Sea that's popular with Saigon residents as a weekend retreat. We had booked with Phuong Trang, one of the more reliable bus companies in Vietnam as ...
Lost in Long Hai
This is a top pick! ... for us. Better still, the world wide web confirmed we could get a ferry directly into the heart of Saigon from the coastal port of Vung Tau. It meant at least a 65 mile day, but we could continue to follow the beautiful coast line of yesterday instead of ...
South Vietnam to Cambodia
... to walk a brisk mile. The next day saw us arrive in Phu My and Biddy an I set off on a shuttle service to Vung Tau which was about an hour away. very interesting glimpse of the countryside, many motorbikes off course, Our negotiating skills seem ...
New Year on the Beach (Dec 29th - Jan 2nd)
... it was like being in the cockpit of a plane! 1 hour later and we arrived at the seaside. First impressions of Vung Tau were brilliant... apart from the expected mobbing by taxi drivers there were barely any people around, mini mountains popping out of ...
Multiple Boat Rides To Taste The Elephant Ear Fish
From the earlier point, we had to board a small boat called 'sampan' in the Vienamese language through some small streams. Coincidentally, such a boat is also called Sampan in the Malay ...
Daredevil Dave and his bikey mol :-)))
Woke up to rain this morning. Still muggy but plenty of rain. We caught a hydrofoil from Saigon to Vung Tau this morning. $32AUD return each. The trip took 1 hour 40mins but the alternative was bus for 4 hours to do the 128kms. The ...
My sister Wedding Pictures trip to Vung Tau beach
... was very pleasant, overlooking the ocean, mountains, the highway and the land, built for the enjoyment of the beauty of Vung Tau. More photos were shot. Then we headed toward a mini resort about 30-45min away, which was unlike the typical beach ...
Rio de Vung Tau
In an attempt to veer off of the tourist trail Miggs and I head off to Vung Tau which we've heard is Mui Ne's pretty little sister. (Mui Ne is a fishing village up the coast turned resort area due to it's lovely beaches). Alas we did not see the fairer ...
Heridas de Guerra
... por las esquinas para el espiritu de los muertos, llegar a casa de Nam fue un aire fresco de mar abierto. Vung Tao queda en la punta Sureste de Vietnam, es una ciudad bastante moderna, con menos trafico y con aire caribeño. Al parar al frente de casa de ...
petite nuit à Vung Tau
Nous voici enfin partis pour le nord ! La route est plus longue que prévue donc on a décidé de s'arrêter à Vung Tau pour visiter un peu et réparer les motos dans un petit garage. Ici pour réparer sa moto cela coute trois fois rien. Pour 500000 ...
Nevermind tours Motorbiking Vietnam blog 3
... he wanted to make sure I rode on the right side of the road. (which i didn't but it will never happen again!) Riding down to Vung Tau was pretty much uneventful, just heaps of road works but I got into swing of it very quickly. Lots of Young locals ...
To the Sea!
I am excited - heading to Vũng Tàu with my family. Another new place I am visiting for the first time (I think). This place was famous for its trading ships but now it's also known for its beaches and resorts. Only 1.5 hours away from ...
Miss Saigon
... driver to make the 70 KM drive to the Mekong Delta. On the way, Thong told us many interesting things about Southern Vietnam. I was amazed to hear that Saigon (officially called Ho Chi Minh City to those in authority) houses around 7 Million people and ...
Pyorat Suomeen
Neljän tunnin pyörien purkamisen ja pahvilaatikoiden kanssa leikkimisen jälkeen saatiin aikaan oikean kokoinen ja painoinen paketti, joka voidaan lähettää suomeen. Vietnamilaiseen tyyliin, homma tehtiin ensin päin persettä ja sitten fiksailtiin ...
Uncle Ho's City
... Vietnam is Communist, it has got a lot more spunk than fellow commie China. Pho could be considered the national dish in Vietnam. Traditionally it's a hearty soup of noodles, vegetables and beef. Pho can be had for 60 cents USD from street ...
Uncle Ho
Fairly quiet day today getting to grips with the city. Did the tourist trail of Renunification Palace and the War Remenants Museum. Sounds boring but surprisingly interesting. The Renunification Palace was built bythe American puppet president and was ...
Buses and Bumps
... the back bounced. Alot. When we eventually got off and started talking to fellow passengers, one young man said he had a business in Vietnam and travlled frequently on this route he said it was the worse journey he had ever had! We were a bit heartened ...
Ho Chi Minh:Ville qui rock
Bonjour a tous, 1- Nous avons retrouve nos bagages,apres seulement une journee d attente (a croire que les vietnamiens sont plus rapide que air canada). Cetait donc la joie ici,on pouvait alors commencer a voyager l esprit tranquil. Tout d abord ...
Day 28 - Thumbs up, Game over
... sites over the war, including the base at Nui Datin. The small road didn't have that much traffic. When we got to Vung Tau the petrol dollars could be seen in the streetscape and the city was certainly one of the richest in Vietnam. Drilling rig could ...
Ho Chi Minh City
... in and set off for the war relics museum. What a confronting and depressing museum. They had photos, stories and relics from the Vietnam war some of which were quite graphic. It also had photos of the continued effect the people and the land are suffering ...
Temples and Tunnels
... to the Cao Dai Grand Temple - I know this doesn't mean much to you, but it is a new religon only found in Vietnam and consists of bits of most other religions including catholicism. The temple is like something out of disney, with bright colours and ...
Cu Chi Tunnels
... to the tunnel network. The tunnels were utilized by the NFL (National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam)Viet Cong (Vietnamese Communists). The impressively well-camoflauged tunnels were used as hiding spots for the guerrilla ...
We're on our holidays!
... before boarding began. Within in 30 seconds of sitting down in my seat, I was fast asleep and didn't stir until we docked in Vung Tau an hour and 15 minutes later...being able to sleep whenever and wherever is a skill I have only developed in the last ...
Motorbike?
... mental. It was on this road where we found out another rule of the Vietnamese roads - the larger vehicle always has priority. Vung Tau is a small beach town where the only tourists seemed to be Vietnamese. After going to dinner that evening we decided to ...
Beaching and Eating
At nights here in Vung tao we have been meeting my cousin Hein and his family who have been treating us to delicious dinners. The star attractions have been goi (a type of salad with meat) always a hot pot, a fried rice dish, nem (springs rolls with ...
Roadtrip och iskaffe
... trots så var det varmt hela tiden och efter cirka 1.5 var Hellmoppers framme och åkte runt och kikade lite. Vi tankade fullt i Vung Tau och detta är ett väldigt bensinekonomiskt sätt att ta sig fram, mätaren ville knappt röra sig även fast vi ...
Förlängda hörntänder
Likt vampyrer i valfri Holleywoodfilm inväntade vi skymningen innan vi vågade oss ut med våra bonn-brända underarmar. Vinden låg på lätt från väst och solen hasade sig sakta ned bakom bebyggelsen i samma kompassriktning. Ett ödesdigert ...
Vung Tau och oss själva som attraktion
... bordades katamaranen vid passagerarterminalen vid Saigonflodens strand för den 2.5 timmar långa resan från Ho Chi Minh City till Vung Tau vid Sydkinesiska havet. Hotellet hade Phuong reserverat och fixat bra pris, det ligger precis vid stranden och ...
Hotel Shabs, the final reckoning.
... in the city we were soon ready for some more beach action. Our friends Shabs who we stayed with in Malaysia had been sent to Vietnam to work for a month and so we decided to head to the coast to catch up with him again. Unfortunately there was no hotel ...