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Vi, Hoi An, Vietnam travel blog

Vi

A travel blog entry by eric

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Hello everybody, One of the things I liked about Hoi An was getting to know the locals.  My second day there I took a walk across a bridge to see what was outside the old town.  I followed the road a ways looking at the people, homes and ...

Capital of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam travel blog

Capital of Vietnam

A travel blog entry by mills-mcshea

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... amount of bus time, 24 hours on and off, and a full recovery from the hangover from hell, we arrive in the capital of Vietnam in the north of the country. Although the weather from Hue was wet, the weather here is noticeably cold (not compared to home), ...

And then there were three, Nha Trang, Vietnam travel blog

And then there were three

A travel blog entry by thomaswguy

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... .  Catch up over, the next day we were greeted with torrential rain (you may have heard there has been flooding in Vietnam! sand bags and everything)  We decided to ignore the rain and venture out bare foot, it was strange wandering around a ...

Is this Beijing?  No way-- it's Hué!, Hué, Vietnam travel blog

Is this Beijing? No way-- it's Hué!

A travel blog entry by adamandeva

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... parades, performances, fireworks and a special "Royal Feast" inside the Forbidden Purple City at night. "I can't believe it-- Vietnam preserves China's culture better than China does." Eva was to repeat this to me several times throughout our ...

Sa Pa, Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam travel blog

Sa Pa

A travel blog entry by jawad

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Pleasant Perfume Pagoda, Hanoi, Vietnam travel blog

Pleasant Perfume Pagoda

A travel blog entry by martinandkate

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... 't help but moan the entire day. First they had a good whine about the fact the boat seats were wet (no kidding, we're in Vietnam and it rains all the time), and another time when they didn't want to get the boats back from the pagoda because the journey ...

Halong time in the making, Halong Bay, Vietnam travel blog

Halong time in the making

A travel blog entry by martinandkate

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... near what we were expecting. Typical prices were $2 for a can of beer, $15 for a bottle of wine. Expensive in Hanoi and Vietnam, yes - Expensive on a cruise boat - No. We realised this was going to be a costly trip and didn't really think paying a few ...

Hanoi, second time around, Hanoi, Vietnam travel blog

Hanoi, second time around

A travel blog entry by luolan

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... piles of "ghost money" on the sidewalk-fake money which is burned as an offering to the gods. Despite my reluctance to leave Vietnam, I am also relieved (just a little) to be getting back "home." To all of the die-hard, ardent backpackers out there, ...

Brakes, check.  Flaps, check.  Lipstick, check., Hoi An, Vietnam travel blog

Brakes, check. Flaps, check. Lipstick, check.

A travel blog entry by escapetherace

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... The above description in no way reflects the lady Captain in question as she was a very professional and capable pilot, as was Vietnam Airlines as a whole. That should do it. Footnote to avert the world from thinking we're pigging out on fried spring ...

The sights, Hanoi, Vietnam travel blog

The sights

A travel blog entry by eric

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... of the dress and housing used by several of the ethnic hill tribe peoples. My tour guide continually talked about Vietnam's political reverence to China.  What I kept seeing, however, were eager, entrepreneurial vendors approaching tourists.  ...

Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam travel blog

Vietnam

A travel blog entry by eric

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Hello. Of all the countries I'm visiting, Vietnam was the one I was looking forward to the most.  I eat regularly at a Vietnamese restaurant in Seattle.  Many of my friends at the hotel where I work are Vietnamese.  I'm intrigued by the ...

Saigon Sightseeing, Saigon, Vietnam travel blog

Saigon Sightseeing

A travel blog entry by kally563

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Today I woke up about six feeling sick and we were going to go to a doctor after dinner but (thankfully) I got to feeling better. We did some laundry in the hotel tub this morning before heading out to find two motorbiek taxis (xe om) to take us to the ...

The Love House, Kon Tum, Vietnam travel blog

The Love House

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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... : Vietnam is very restrictive because, of the few people they allow to leave, many do not return. She also said: "in Vietnam, women traditionally stay virgins until they are married, unless they work in the 'massage parlors' and 'hair salons.' Many ...

Tour of Duty Free, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam travel blog

Tour of Duty Free

A travel blog entry by escapetherace

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... 'd seen this year. It was clear we were only just clinging to our sanity. 10/1 09:00 hours. 98 degrees. Saigon, Vietnam. Our first tour of duty around the battleground in temperatures and polution weíve never before experienced in all our years ...

Bay of the Descending Dragon, Halong Bay, Vietnam travel blog

Bay of the Descending Dragon

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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From almost the beginning of Vietnamese time, Halong Bay protected Vietnam from invaders. Originally, the bay was vulnerable to invading naval ships, which allowed easy access to the Red River Delta in the heart of Nam Viet. The gods saw this ...

HCMC - Siagon, Saigon, Vietnam travel blog

HCMC - Siagon

A travel blog entry by suzukistorey

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... the gun and shot himself in the head right infront of the rest of the tour group, so for some reason they have decided to close that part of the tour down for the time being!!! Times been great in Vietnam but we must move on, Cambodia here we ...

The people, Hanoi, Vietnam travel blog

The people

A travel blog entry by eric

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... to communicate but tries.  His name translated in English means "victory." On one tour, I met an Australian who was born in Vietnam.  So, eventually I just had to ask his story.  He was born in Saigon, in the south.  His dad was a ...

Hanoi in a day, Hanoi, Vietnam travel blog

Hanoi in a day

A travel blog entry by orizarska

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... from. It is Bun Ga Ri. I'm no longer a stranger! I come from the land of roses, ..and Stoichkov! I knew it! Vietnam still loves us Bulgari!   I only brought the little camera. It is broken. It can't focus. I kind of ...

Halong Gay, Halong Bay, Vietnam travel blog

Halong Gay

A travel blog entry by jlaire

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In order to reach Halong Bay, we get an over night train to Hanoi (leaving Hue at 2pm on the 15th) we arrive in Hanoi at 4am, only to jump straight on a bus for the 4 hour journey to Halong. At the train station in Hue, the train is slightly delayed and ...

Sigon via Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam travel blog

Sigon via Singapore

A travel blog entry by orizarska

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Yes, Bulgarians do need visa for Vietnam. Note to self - never make plans based on a phone conversation. For example, if the Vietnamese consulate in the UK tells you that you don't need a visa - get one any ways. Not a biggy. Almost any problem ...

Nam maN! - mirror?, Hanoi, Vietnam travel blog

Nam maN! - mirror?

A travel blog entry by jeffs

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... of 3) made our excuses and left. I made loose arrangements with Gary and James to meet the following day as we were all off to Vietnam.... I left thinking i'd never see them again! So, there i was, sat on a bus with a, what turned out to be 36 hours bus ...

Day 74:  Rejecting Lady-Boom-Boom, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam travel blog

Day 74: Rejecting Lady-Boom-Boom

A travel blog entry by sirrocko711

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... , more on that in a future post. At first, there was no distinguishable difference between the look and architecture of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia, alphabet change aside, and having conjured up fantasies of a gleaming modern metropolis in my head I was ...

Crossing Paths in Hoi An, Hoi An, Vietnam travel blog

Crossing Paths in Hoi An

A travel blog entry by martinandkate

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... had obviously been different to ours but it's nice to be able to compare experiences too. They had spent time on a beach in south Vietnam which we sadly just don't have time to do, but at the same time they had probably lost some of their trip later on ...

30th Anniversary, Hanoi, Vietnam travel blog

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 ...

Tourist boat tour, Nha Trang, Phu Khanh Province, Vietnam travel blog

Tourist boat tour

A travel blog entry by jawad

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... through in New Zealand...minus the vendors heckling you to buy snacks and fruit at every rest stop of course. Nha Trang is Vietnam's premier beach resort, and we arrived on a public holiday (on a Wednesday?) so the beach was packed with people. Many ...

Cu Chi Tunels - a peek in the past, Cu Chi, Vietnam travel blog

Cu Chi Tunels - a peek in the past

A travel blog entry by orizarska

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Cu Chi Tunels were home to 6,000 Viet Cong fighters at one point. 30% we women. It was definitely an interesting trip ...and no, I didn't take up the opportunity to shoot with ...

Everybody Find Your Happy Place, Saigon, Vietnam travel blog

Everybody Find Your Happy Place

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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... turquoise paint job and, yes, it seems like a cult. Somehow, however, Cao Daism has spread throughout this small portion of Vietnam, with temples in many village centers. Perhaps it is popular because it espouses, in a way, what many people in South ...

Rainy Vietnam, Hoi An, Vietnam travel blog

Rainy Vietnam

A travel blog entry by hancocjb

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... that they use to pull all the furniture to an upper floor when they are anticipating disaster.  A typhoon had come through southern vietnam just days before we were in Hoi An, apparently it was really bad and cause lots of flooding.  There was ...

Ha Long Bay, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam travel blog

Ha Long Bay

A travel blog entry by emanddave

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... on the boat. This morning we had breakfast (which seems to incorporate, bread, butter and jam in most places we've stayed in Vietnam) and puttered around the bay for another couple of hours until lunch time when it was back to Halong city for lunch and ...

Back in Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam travel blog

Back in Hanoi

A travel blog entry by lizandkev

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After our trip to Halong we headed back to Hanoi for a couple of nights before we travelling to Sapa. We dropped in to see the body of Ho Chi Minh which is on show in a massive mausoleum. It's a pretty weird experience. You follow this snaking line of ...

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