 | Aroy ! (Thai for good food)
2009-11-14, Nha Trang, Vietnam. By: lotschurin | | My dearest friends and family,
I would like to dedicate the following story to Lot. It will be about the very meaning of my existence... food (and drinks for that matter). I'll start naturally, by ... |
|
| | |
 | Hot Vietnam Travel Adventure
2009-11-12, Hanoi, Vietnam. By: puretravel | | There are few places on earth as captivating and as energising as Vietnam and if you are considering a vacation there then you should definitely make time to visit the former capital city, Ho Chi Minh... |
|
| | |
 | What a difference a day makes
2009-11-12, Da Lat, Vietnam. By: lotschurin | | The simple truth is that people can either make it or break it. There's little in between. I believe in friendship at first sight. With some people you hit off right away. And with some you just don't... |
|
| | |
| Ugly
2009-11-09, Dalat, Vietnam. By: lotschurin | | Dear you all,
It has been a while. Long enough for me to get used to the Vietnamese bad taste when it comes to architecture. Luckily the busy and enterprising vibe in the streets manages to camoufl... |
|
| | |
| Vietnamese streetlife
2009-11-02, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. By: lotschurin | | My dear familiar faces,
Imagine a big city with sidewalks so crowded by streetvendors, parked motorpeds and eating or sleeping Vietnamese on plastic chairs, that it's impossible to take more than t... |
|
| | |
 | Last day in HoChiMinh
2009-10-05, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. By: mynewlife | | Today is my last day in HoChiMinh, Vietnam as I embark the journey into Cambodia tomorrow morning. Vietnam has been good to me so far, within a week I have traveled from the lovely sites in the north ... |
|
| | |
| From Hanoi, to Hao Long Bay, back to Hanoi then HoChiMinh/Saigon
2009-10-03, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. By: mynewlife | | A little tired, since have been traveling a lot , about 4 cities in one week, already 10 days have passed and already been through Hong Kong, (Shenzhen)China, (Nanning) China, and Hanoi (North Vietnam... |
|
| | |
| Vietnam, Hanoi, Keep going
2009-09-30, Hanoi, Vietnam. By: mynewlife | | Vietnam is a buuuuusy place, with motorcycles and winding roads is one of those places you can get lost easily. We ate breakfast very late, visited a city close by called Bat Tranh where there are a l... |
|
| | |
 | Clothes, shoes and beaches
2009-08-23, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: fuma121 | | Hi guys, well I've returned from the Mekong Delta which was absolutly amazing. Saw so much and travelled to virtually every corner of the Mekong. From the most wealth touristy of areas, to visiting so... |
|
| | |
| |
| | |
| Mui Ne
2009-07-16, Mui Ne, Vietnam. By: yogibeari | | Mui Ne is about 4-5 hours bus ride from CHM to the east. The south China sea makes this small beach resort a tourist destination. It is quite small but hotels, massage parlours, spas, restaurants and ... |
|
| | |
 | Ho Chi Minh fka Saigon
2009-07-14, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. By: yogibeari | | Vietnam opened its borders and air space to tourists, corporate mongrels and foreign investors. The result is slowly showing signs making its way to the local economy which is growing at a steady pace... |
|
| | |
| Can Tho
2009-07-11, Can Tho, Vietnam. By: yogibeari | | Can Tho:
Hung, the owner of the homestay village where I stayed picked me up with his motorcycle. Again, it was raining and the road to his house was so narrow and muddy. He said the road is only two... |
|
| | |
| Chau Doc and Mekong Delta
2009-07-11, Chau Doc and Mekong Delta, Vietnam. By: yogibeari | | Chau Doc (CD) and Mekong Delta (MD):
Mekong Delta (MD) was the last part of Vietnam that was annexed and settled in its modern day civilization. It once was part of Cambodia and was also called lowe... |
|
| | |
| Ha Tien - Entry from Cambodian Border
2009-07-09, Ha Tien, Vietnam. By: yogibeari | | Ha Tien:
An uneventful arrival in the remote Cambodia/Vietnam border of Ha Tien. I am still in Cambodia with a horizontal pole dividing the two countries. Several drivers were waiting anxiously for ... |
|
| | |
 | Charming Ha Noi Vietnam
2009-07-14, Hanoi, Vietnam. By: paradissa | | Hanoi is the elegant capital city of Vietnam sprawling its way along the Red River banks. There are many lakes, parks and leafy quarters which make the city just freshly green all year round. Ha Noi w... |
|
| | |
 | Where have all the tourists gone?
2009-05-31, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. By: aimee | | We spent about a week in the Mekong Delta and visited three towns, Ben Tre, Can Tho and Chau Doc.
Ben Tre was the first and was a very odd experience for us. We were literally the only westerners t... |
|
| | |
| Where the motorbike is King!
2009-05-31, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. By: aimee | | We thought Hanoi was bad for the motorbikes but HCMC is much much worse. The amount, the speed and the noise is incredible! And they'll drive anywhere, on the pavement, in the parks, even the wrong wa... |
|
| | |
| Easy riders
2009-05-23, Mui Ne, Vietnam. By: aimee | | John is the king of easy riders! We rented a motorbike and had a very interesting day.
Our first stop was some cham towers, an easy(ish) 10 minute drive out of town and despite needing to stop for ... |
|
| | |
 | We might have forgotten to blog again...
2009-05-14, Saigon, Vietnam. By: zoejess | | Sorry for the delay (and the back dating) but we didn't get a chance to blog while we were actually in Saigon.
The city itself isn't so great- it's not as nice as Hue, but is busier, smoggier and ... |
|
| | |
| When is a bucket, not a bucket?
2009-05-11, Nha Trang, Vietnam. By: aimee | | When it's a jar! Confused?! We were too! Nha Trang is a bit like Spain, there's a beach and lots of bars and many people selling goodies and trying to tempt you into their bars with their flyers. All ... |
|
| | |
 | Taking a break from culture
2009-05-10, Nha Trang, Vietnam. By: zoejess | | There isn't a lot to tell you all but if we don't write one, then the map on here doesn't update itself and that wouldn't be much fun!
We have spent the last few days relaxing on the beach in Nha Tr... |
|
| | |
 | Zoe bought high-tops!
2009-05-06, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: zoejess | | Greetings from Hoi An (which we are leaving in a just a few short hours...probably good in consideration of how much space we have left in our bags!). After Hue, we took a bus to Danang, went to the C... |
|
| | |
| Well dressed lobsters!
2009-05-06, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: aimee | | We've been in Hoi An for 4 days and we leave tonight to go to Nha Trang.
The first day we spent looking for a good tailor and we've both bought jackets and John also has a fine pair of linen trouse... |
|
| | |
| The beauty of KFC...
2009-05-06, Hue, Vietnam. By: aimee | | We spent a total of six hours in Hue and the most exciting thing that happened was me leaving my jumper on the bus and having to get on a motorbike to the bus station to get it back (much to the drive... |
|
| | |
| Romantic night on a boat anyone?
2009-05-06, Ha Long, Vietnam. By: aimee | | Halong Bay was not the experience we were hoping for. We were hoping, as you know, for sunshine and relaxation on a boat sailing through the beautiful islands.
We got sunshine for about 2 minutes i... |
|
| | |
 | |
| | |
 | Tailored clothes...
2009-05-01, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: jemandtaz | | Today we are moving towns, in an hour we're getting a bus to Hue where we'll spend the night and get a bus to the Vietnam/Laos border the next day. Our visa runs out in 4 days so we want to get there ... |
|
| | |
 | Leaving Hanoi
2009-04-30, Hanoi, Vietnam. By: zoejess | | Happy liberation day! This is our last morning in Hanoi, so while we still have a guarantee of a free internet connection we thought it would be a good idea to update you on our journey so far...
Ove... |
|
| | |
 | Hoi an life...............
2009-04-29, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: jemandtaz | | Well its our 4th day here and we are still enjoying the peaceful life here. Night times are just simple amazing because of how old the town is and how much character the buildings hide! There is a riv... |
|
| | |
| You buy from me???
2009-04-27, Sa Pa, Vietnam. By: aimee | | Sa Pa is very busy and touristy and the H'mong (one of the local tribes)ladies follow you around asking you to buy things from them. Most places we've been you hear the crickets or bird song in the ba... |
|
| | |
| The adventure begins
2009-04-25, Hanoi, Vietnam. By: zoejess | | We are currently sitting in hostel number one at 10.45 pm listening to the roar of Vietnamese traffic as it whizzes past (this makes a nice change from looking at each other and the interiors of airp... |
|
| | |
 | Lovely Hoi An
2009-04-25, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: jemandtaz | | Hi everyone, we're in Hoi An now and it's lovely. The atmosphere's very different from Nha Trang. Yesterday we arrived on time after the night bus which was an experience in its self. We checked into ... |
|
| | |
 | |
| | |
 | |
| | |
| Good morning Vietnam!!
2009-04-19, Nha Trang, Vietnam. By: jemandtaz | | Just to let all you people know how we're getting on I thought I'd update you as we have just arrived an hour early for the Grand Prix...
Yesterday as we were whizzing down the road a guy pulled o... |
|
| | |
 | Loving the beach in Nha Trang
2009-04-17, Nha Trang, Vietnam. By: jemandtaz | | Hi everybody just a very quick one. We're loving Nha Trang and we're feeling very perked up after the annoyance of Da Lat. We really like Nha Trang and the weather's amazing, we've both had no prob's ... |
|
| | |
| |
| | |
| A mountain Town in Vietnam called Da Lat
2009-04-11, Da Lat, Vietnam. By: jemandtaz | | Yesterday we arrived in Da Lat after a bearable but long bus journey (that we left our mozzy net on). The bus was a little like a tour in its self. We passed houses with tin roofs that looked more lik... |
|
| | |
 | |
| | |
| |
| | |
 | |
| | |
 | Vietnam
2008-11-02, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: siqueira | | I discovery that Vietnam is not grey like I always thought!!!! Vietnam is a very beautiful and happy country. People there are very happy even they have no much money to survive. There has wonderful b... |
|
| | |
 | Halong Bay
2009-02-10, Hanoi, Vietnam. By: sayer | | Hello......
We have returned after visiting Halong Bay (google it to see some pics!). We started with a three hour bus journey, which was good because we got to chat with everyone. We then got onto... |
|
| | |
| Busy Hanoi!!!
2009-02-07, Hanoi, Vietnam. By: sayer | | Hello people of snowy England!!! Yesterday was a really nice day here, the sun was out and it got to about 30 degrees C. We booked the Ha long bay trip for tomorrow and we also found a nice little hot... |
|
| | |
