Dong Khanh

So here it starts, the first leg of my round-the- world escape! Flying into Bangkok to trek through Thailand, Laos and Vietnam before heading off to go diving in the Philippines and beyond. Looking forward to being on the open road (or pot holed ...

After so many reguest and "you must write a blog" conversations we decided to put this up. Plan is to ride bicycles through Vietnam some 2000 kilometers and then fly to Philippines to do some diving. join us here for tips and more Plan is to ride first ...

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... village where you can hire a circular basket boat (with locals paddling for you) to ferry you around for a few minutes. That's another 5000 Dong. We booked and paid for our boat tour back in Saigon when we bought our open bus ticket, so got 50% off. ...

... must dig out the warranty) went up to a stall and asked for the cheapest one they had.  The guy started off wanting 280,000 dong (almost 10 quid), well I only wanted to pay about 2 pound or 60,000 dong. i.e. I have to start by saying my budget is ...

Anyway we wake up in Vietnam and decide it's time to get some local currency (The Vietnamese Dong). Having no knowledge of exchange rates we couldn't resist but to get 1 million Dongs out. (Turns out it is only about 35 Pounds) At last we are ...

... you in no doubt how dreadful it all was. Unfortunately we were rushed through in too little time, and could not see everything. The Dong Khanh hotel in Hoi An was the most modest so far, more like what we had expected all the hotels to be. The entire ...

... guaranteed seats. We were dropped at Hoi An bus station in heavy rain, and were all quite soaked by the time we hailed a taxi. We finally made it to the Dong Khanh hotel at 5.30pm, 20 ½ hours after we left the hotel in Savannakhet, completely ...

... motobike ride away, was quite amazing but was also deteriorating and very mossy!  The next two tombs we stopped at were Dong Khanh and Khai Dinh.  As Dong Khanh was a smaller tomb complex and Khai Dinh was too expensive, we opted not ...

... nephew of the adopted son of Tu Duc, he was named Emperor by the French. It was renovated and rebuilt in 1917 for Dong Khanh's father and some additional buildings were renovated until 1923. It is currently being renovated again. We ducked into ...

... there were 13 kings, however, due various reasons, only seven had tombs. Gia Long, Minh Mang, Thieu Tri, Tu Duc, Duc Duc, Dong Khanh and Khai Dinh all had a tomb built. Each tomb was laid out with statues and monuments in perfect harmony with one another ...

... road through hills.  Not to be discouraged, we pressed on valiantly.  We were able to pass the two closed tombs of Dong Khanh and Thieu Tri.  At one point, we were crossing through the middle of a rice field! While attempting to find the ...

... ceiling paintings… combined with some fog it turn into a true mystical atmosphere! Near the river we passed by the Thieu Tri Tomb, Dong Khanh Tomb and Tu Duc Tomb. These are a lot smaller and in worse shape than the first ones but still they had ...

... the impressive steps leading out of the river. I did not go to any of the tombs on this trip but the big hitters are those of Dong Khanh, Tu Duc, Thieu Tri, Khai Dinh, Ming Mang and Gia Long all of which are worth seeing at least once.  If you are ...

... from the LP - they start their explainations from the entrance. Finished here, I keep on riding - the next stop is the Tomb of Dong Khanh - I come there just to find out that it's closed for the restoration. The next target is the Tomb of Minh Mang, it's ...

... Morning Glory Street Food restaurant. Well, it was not quite like the street food we had eaten earlier, more westernised, and cost 85,000 dong instead of 25,000 on the street, and was frankly no better. The table was right at the back so we couldn’t ...

... card for only VND50000 with 50000 dong balance credit (so cheap, because common lady outside sell the same things for VND65000). Vy Khanh guesthouse is a great place to stay, we don’t have to worry about anything, they will serve and provide it to ...