Hanoi Club

... be very confusing. This isn't all that tough since there are so many tiny alleys with thriving communities going on inside them, that to not understand the directions isnt all that uncommon. Plus he said it took him two months to find it himself and he's lived here for 4 years.
So he picked me up and we snaked our way through this tiny maze of alleys and then pulled into the Ha Thanh Com Chay parking area, which is unusual in and of itself because parking is at a ...

the bus journey to Vietnam was quite good, a change from the usual scenic of china, we saw houses that were like long thin terraced houses, but they were stand alone, which made them look mental, not only that but the fronts of them were decorated in an elaborate french style with balconies and fancy paint jobs, and these were the homes of the farmers! so imagine how strange it is to see Fields full of farmers with tall, thin french ...

... the boom of the south. Or it may not want to. In the mean time, visitors can enjoy the qualities that make Vietnam's capital especially unique today, with one foot in the past, one in the present and a wary eye on the future.

Sapa – Hill tribes

Sapa is located at the foothills of Vietnam's northern mountain range at an altitude of 1,600 metres. In the early 20th century, the ...

... and weaving throughout traffic and both Daniel and
Nguyen were great drivers – very safe – and we're glad that we
didn't have to drive ourselves around.


Here's the lesson of the day: women run Vietnam. Truly. They do
everything. We noticed that ourselves after just a day and
Daniel confirmed it. The restaurants, stores, small shops etc. are
run by women. There might be a guy who is serving you the
food but it is the woman that you ...

Hallo zusammen,

dies duerfte fuer einige Zeit der letzte Eintrag sein. Folgendes ist seit Dien Bien Phu passiert:

Zuerst sind wir nach Son La gefahren, wo es nichts spektakulaeres gibt. Aber man es liegt halt ganz praktisch, um Busse zu wechseln.

Von Son La ging es weiter nach Hanoi, wo ich ja schon mal war. In ...

... find; and once you find it, even if it only lasts a second, you are so overwhelmed by this “easy, peaceful feeling” that tears can well up and stream down your face quite uncontrollably. So yeah, I had a good cry in front of Buddha and his disciples. My heart felt lighter- if only for that moment.



Next was the Women's Museum. Inside was a small display of items belonging to women who risked their lives to aid and shelter Vietnamese ...

... North, Laos and Cambodia in the West, and the South China Sea in the East and South.
- Security: Safe and stable
- Religion: Main religions are Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Christianity
- Ethnic group: 54 ethnic groups divided into 5 ethno linguistic groups
Include: 84% ethnic – Vietnamese
2% ethnic – Chinese
14% the others (* I ...

... were crappin' in your hands and rubbin' it on your face."

Apocalypse Now:
"Terminate with extreme prejudice."
"The horror, the horror"

just for unusual swearing:
Platoon:
"All right, you cheese-*****, welcome to the 'nam! Follow me"

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LATER...

When we had all calmed down, and the bus journey was ...