Neptune Hotel Vung Tau

The International Kite Festival 2009 is scheduled to open on the morning of March 27 in Ho Tram Beach Resort & Spa, Xuyen Moc District, Vung Tau City. Seven countries and territories around the world have registered to take part in the event, namely Cambodia, Germany, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Zealand, Canada and Taiwan, according to the organising board. Preparations for the event have all ...

WELL FINALLY!! WE HAVE HIM. This is will be a short entry. I AM EXHAUSTED. It is 10PM here and I have had 8 hours of sleep in the last 3 days. Well, it turned out that the boats went back on this morning around 9AM. So we booked the 10AM to Vung Tau. Loan, the TDH guide, came to pick us up at 930. The hydrofoil was 1h30mn and it was another ...

Another day filled with diverse experiences. We started our day at a medical clinic. I had an insect bite that turned into a scab from scratching it too much and in the course of this humid heat turned into a topical fungal infection. I had been applying neosporin to the scab which held in too much moisture and combined with the humidity created the infection. It looks worse than it feels but thought we ...

... we could possibly have gone across 180kms to some tiny islands. But me with my sea sickness probably wouldnt have done so well. We took a hydrofoil and it was great till the last 20 minutes when we got to open water but oh well. We had gone down the Mekong Delta and there were so many little offshoots it was a maze to get out! Tonnes of big ships sitting around, and lots of oil ships on the horizon of Vung Tao. It was a nice place ...

... harder. Found a great restaurant for lunch ("Mandarin") and spent the rainy afternoon inside. Kurt did internet searches, while I update blog, and kids watched movie. Kurt found a highly recommended restaurant in the Backpacker area (like Khao San Road in Bangkok). It was interesting to see the area, but the dinner was pretty bad. Hard to read between the lines on restaurant reviews. I guess $1.50 spaghetti deserves 3 stars no matter ...

The district of Cu Chi lies 70 km to the northwest of Saigon. A major river and road pass through this district, making it a desirable supply route. It was also the termination point for the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The construction of the tunnel system actually began in 1948 by the Viet Minh attempting to hide from French air and ground attacks. Initially each village built its own tunnel to serve as an underground communications route. Over the years the separate tunnels were ...

... me running from war. You had the chance to go through three networks of tunnels, but I got out at the first one. Lauren went through and as much as I struggled in the first one, I thought about it. I don't know when the next time is that I'll be able to crawl through tunnels used during a war, but she was too far ahead and I needed a flashlight if I was even going to consider going back in. However, there was a fourth network, a much longer one, that was ...

... un peu insistants pour vous vendre quelques choses ou offrir leurs services de guide mais rien de trop grave. Nous aimons beaucoup. 3-Hier nous avons fait un superbe tour. Une cermonie au temple Cao Dai. Une religion fondee en 1925 par un Vietnamien qui aurait rece message de creer une "secte" fondee sur les principes des grandes religions du monde. Un temple tout en couleurs et symboliques. Tres interessant. Puis les tunnels ...

... rice paddies for most of the drive, and then towards the end to the foothills of the mountains. It was interesting to see the women standing in the doorways of so many of the houses like shadows behind the beaded curtains hanging from the entrance while the men were all sitting outside smoking cigarettes and playing cards. We slept in and out for most of the five hours knowing that we still had a long walk ahead of us to get into the village itself because the bus was not going to ...

... some great samples. I especially like the large turned pieces in a great whitewashed finish. After a great lunch of Pho with Rare beef, we wrap our day with a visit to Cat Dang to review lacquerware and then make the bumpy ride back to the hotel to rest up before our flight out to Thailand later this evening. Visiting Vietnam was a really special treat for all of us. From a business perspective, it was great to visit some really good facilities and to learn what ...