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First impressions of Vietnam and they're not good!
... to save us a 10hr bus ride. There was no nice accommodation, we found only two places in the whole city which served food where we knew what we were eating, barely no one spoke English (which we can't blame them for, but was unusual for us) and there was nothing to do. We booked flights but it meant we had to stay two nights in this pretty unfriendly town. We were pleased to be leaving from their barely used airport after two nights there. ...
Dien Bien Phu
... military cemetery. Nowhere near all the Dien Bien Phu war dead are buried there; in fact most of the stones bear no names, but it is a sacred place to pay tribute to those who gave their lives for freedom from colonial rule. Lastly, we visited the French General de Castrie's bunker, another reconstruction, but a good one. Dien Bien Phu itself disappoints. It's a backwater recently made capitol of the ...
...cross the border - Vietnam to Loas. (Far North)
... and the 1000 meter plus drops into the valleys. The driver seemed to think that he was the only one on the road as he sped past people, buffalo, scooters, and construction vehicles like they were never there. I thought he had adjusted his attitude when he tried to whip past one of the construction trucks and drove one half of the van into a washed out ditch, dragging the chasse along solid concrete. I was wrong. Following the ditch-entry he proceeded to ...
Vietnam - Part 1
... local woman in a dirty, smelly market cooking us a fabulous lunch and then gave us lessons on how to eat it. She used the language section in our guide book to explain the food and as always it was accompanied by lots of smiling and giggling.
We met many back packers mostly traveling south (we travelled north) who did not enjoy the long bus trips, but I found them wonderful with absolutely stunning scenery, and great towns to stay in. However, the roads ...
Sapaly Express
... taking packages from people on motorbikes whilst at the traffic lights and then to cap it all of a bag with a freshly killed piglet was placed on the floor, with the driver satisfied that his costs were covered it was onward and up the mountain side.
Sapa is a beautiful place, a hill station perched on the side of a large valley at a height of 1650 metres, overlooking waves of rice paddies, corn fields and ...
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