Dien Bien

... 4WD for road trip to Hanoi. We will travel to Mai Chau for two nights home stay with overnight stops at Lai Chu, Moung Long and Dien Bien Phu. From Mai Chau we travel to Hanoi and if things go to plan we will visit our guides family on the way. Four ...

Follow me as I explore from India eastward!

... it to Dien Bien Phu about 6pm, we were quite tired and very hungry as the eggs and nuts hadn’t sustained us very well. Dien Bien Phu is not very touristy, as this was not the typical route most take to get to Laos from Vietnam, so therefore there ...

... that was a meeting place for the trade routes from Loas (and onto to India)  and China.  The French sought to 'hold' Dien Bien Phu to restrict Viet Minh (and communist) activity in the larger region.  Ho Chi Minh & General Giap brought ...

... 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 province after a dam flooded the old ...

... local moonshine.... Got a certain kick to it...kind of a cross between vodka and sake. Only a few more K to Dien Bien Phu. Something you noticed whilst travelling through Vietnam was that where you would normally see advertising hoardings you see ...

... photos avec les jeunes enfants, très curieux de nous approcher et hilares lorsqu'ils observent leurs images sur l'écran de l'appareil! Arrivés à Dien Bien Phu en fin d'après midi, nous commençons la visite par le musée de la guerre. Dien Bien Phu ...