Just a quick one as we've got more photos than we know what to do with! So we have decided to share them with you! We have arrived in Vietnam safe and sound with the easiest border crossing yet. We hopped on bus, got a stamp in the passport and that was that! We headed straight for Ho Chi Minh (or Saigon as the Vietnamese still call it) which is...

Vietnam opened it's door to toursim in 1995, and they have done a good job of embracing it. Despite still being a communist country, they have seem to have embraced capitalism: you can't walk 2 meters down the street without someone offering you a motorcycle rides, fake books, sunglasses, lighters, drugs, etc.. Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, prev...

Just came from a very sobering tour of the War Remnants Museum (formerly the War CRIMES Museum). There's an entire building full of photos taken by journalists who were killed in the war. These, along with other photographs and paintings, make some very horrifying scenes come to life -- interrogation and torture sessions, soldiers grinning over ...

El largo viaje en autobus no fue tan malo, aparte de la excesiva aficion que estos paises tienen por el karaoke. A ver, que 13 horas con videos de karaoke en khmer fue mas que agotador. El cruce de fronteras no fue muy aparatoso. Tienes que pasar los macutos por el escaner pero sin abrirlos. Mas aparatoso fue para el guarda que, al no tener ni i...

Hallo ihr Lieben, wie ihr d** Tatsache, dass ich einen Eintrag schreiben konnte, entnehmen koennt, bin ich gut in Saigon angekommen. D** Flug war nicht schlimm, nur die Landung war etwas wackelig und wir waren ca. 1 Stunde v**spaetet. Ansonsten lief alles soweit in Ordnung. Das Wett** hi** in Saigon passt auch; vom Taifun haben wir nichts mitbek...

Arrived on Saturday and quickly headed out to a French bar for the rugby, and was not disappointed, as I'm sure you all know by now! Explored this city pretty thoroughly, but it's by far the busiest and ugliest in Vietnam, sort of a mini Bangkok, with it's own backpackers district with loads of hawkers. Went to the Presidential Palace and War Re...

Words cannot possibly express the anger and frustration that we experienced today. WARNING: RANT COMING, TAKE COVER !! The day started badly, with our flight off Phu Quoc being delayed by an hour. Not a big problem at the time, but little did we know how things would develop... We arrived in the domestic terminal of HCMC, and transferred to the ...

Voor een overzicht van de VN oorlog zie hier Voor de eerste keer echt vroeg op gestaan (7 uur) ff snel ontbeten en toen in de bus op weg naar de tunnels. De tunnels werden door de Vietcong (VC) gebruikt voor hun guerrilla oorlog tegen de Amerikanen. Ze deden er in slapen, eten, wapens maken, gewonden verzorgen en vooral schuilen voor de Amerikan...

After 2 nights in Nha Trang we caught YET ANOTHER bus to the city with 2 names: Ho Chi Minh City or saigon - whichever you prefer. I prefer Saigon, because I'm lazy. Easier to write, easier to say. Winner! Anyway - our journey was yet another 12 hours, but in the daytime this time, seeing our arrival into rainy Saigon at about 8pm. We got droppe...

Arrived in Saigon early morning and we were met at the airport by our guide, Tony. What a character! I reied to get video of him with my digital camera, but my batteries were about to die. He was so enthusiastic and overpronouced every word, and was a complete joy! We went straight from the airport to the War Remnants Museum. It was very tough -...