Where to even begin!?!?!... As of April 15 2008, the powerful arm of the Chinese government put into effect, new "rules" that would make it extremely difficult for foreigners to attain a Chinese visa this summer. This included the requirment of new documents that were not needed prior, as well as a thorough overlook and personal scanning by the ...

Hue to Ha Noi   This morning I was very lazy and didn't do any sightseeing, I just wasn't in the mood for it.  Everyone else rushed off and saw things, but I took time out to chill and to be on my own for a while.  It was enjoyable to do nothing with no one else around, a real luxury that I so rarely experience.   We left the...

Hanoi...je m'en souviens deja moins car nous avons pris du retard dans notre blogue. La ville est superbe et on a mange comme des rois. On s'est meme senti un instant communiste en voyant le corps preserve de Ho Chi Min dans un genre de tombeau en verre. Nous somme par la suite alle a la bai de Halong avec les 3000 iles et l'eau turquoise parfai...

We visited Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum today amid the throngs of Vietnamese who make solemn pilgrimages to see the carefully preserved remains of the man who unified their country. The quickly moving entrance line outside stretches for several blocks, follows a bright red carpeted path into the impressive gray granite building, then files past the g...

· Dia 15: HaNoi. Llac Hoan kiem. Pont japones del llac que accedeix al temple de Ngoc Son. Ciutat vella (amb carrers gremials). Pagoda Quan Thanh (al llac Truc Bach). Mausoleu de Ho Chi Minh. Pagoda de Chua Mot Cot. Teatre municipal de water puppets. Temple de la literatura. Pagoda del perfum (Chua huong) ( a 70km). Catedral neogotica de St. Jos...

OK, so we have some time now to start updating the Vietnam leg of our journey. OK, so we thought the driving/riding in Malaysia/Thailand was crazy, but Vietnam is definitely a cut above!! And from talking with other travellers, India is even worse!! When we read a boxed text in the LP quide explaining how to cross the streets in Vietnam, we didn...

We decided to visit the Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh today, and got to an early start as apparently it shuts at 10.30. We said goodbye to a couple of our group members, as our trip consists of two tours, and the first half finished today. We got a cab to the mausoleum wherein the preserved body of the late president Ho Chi Minh lies. We were pretty ...

After Halong Bay we went back to Hanoi. Already explained the issues in getting back haha. Stayed here, chilled out with Cam, Kylie, Sarah and Amanda. Ate locally with Sarah at this outdoor corner food thingy. A meal for 2 + drink was like a dollar. Didn't do to much in Hanoi apart from decide to book a plane ticket to Hong Kong instead of catch...

Back to the urban center of rip-offs, scams, and delicious mock meat. You can't breathe in this city without being pestered by somebody or something. If you wanna get treated like a walking wallet or a human ATM machine, come get annoyed in Hanoi!

Hey!! Ja i undrer jer nok over min tittel, men er kommet til Hanoi og fik i en fart fundet mine cowboy bukser, varme tykke troeje, stroemper og lukkede sko frem. Jeg siger jer at der er koldt. 12 grader. Ikke lige hvad jeg havde regnet med. var godt klar over at det var koldere her oppe nord paa, men at det var et sted for pingviner var ikke lig...