 | Start of our Odyssey
2008-01-01, Hanoi Bac Mai, Vietnam. By: xuanargi | | 1st Jan 2008:
We took the 3.00pm flight from Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi by Air Asia, the incredibly cheap airlines which made travel possible for everyone, well, almost everyone. No delay and no proble... |
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 | Good Morning Vietnam
2008-05-15, Saigon, Vietnam. By: stevoshell | | Our trip ends in the former capital of Vietnam, Saigon. A very busy city with millions of mopeds. Our group went for a walk and had our last supper and partyed to the wee hours of the morning. Plenty ... |
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 | The Good Life
2008-05-10, Mui Ne, Vietnam. By: stevoshell | | Well there is not much to say about this this little part of our trip because we pretty much spent 4 days totally veggin out.
Mui Ne is a pretty little beach town 4 hours drive from Saigon, we too... |
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 | Mekon Delta
2008-05-12, Vinh Long, Vietnam. By: kay1968 | | As I write this I am in a very small wooden boat on the Mekon Delta. It's overcast and drizzling but I don't care. It's the only way to really appreciate exactly what river life is really like for tho... |
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| Mekon Delta
2008-05-12, Vinh Long, Vietnam. By: kay1968 | | As I write this I am in a very small wooden boat on the Mekon Delta. It's overcast and drizzling but I don't care. It's the only way to really appreciate exactly what river life is really like for tho... |
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 | HCMC
2008-05-10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. By: kay1968 | | Mmmm the sleeper bus was certainly not what we were expecting. The 'beds' were infact moulded solid reclining chairs and if you are over 6 foot then forget it. Poor Steve spent the entire 10 hour jour... |
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| Nha Trang and more train journeys
2008-05-08, Nha Trang, Vietnam. By: kay1968 | | We left our hotel in Hoi An early in the morning to catch the express train to Nha Trang. Mum, hand in hand with the very helpful staff of Vu`On Trau family resort hotel had organised our tickets. At ... |
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| Hoi An and more
2008-05-06, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: kay1968 | | Our first experience of Vietnamese trains was a good one - despite only being able to book a hard sleeper (6 beds to a cabin with thin carpet to sleep on) rather than the soft one we wanted (4 beds to... |
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 | Goodbye Ha Noi
2008-05-01, Ha Noi, Vietnam. By: kay1968 | | So mum is finally here and the resupplies have arrived. Steve is happy with his english teabags and I have my birthday cards. Mum's feet haven't touched the ground yet.....we have managed to fill ever... |
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| Cat Ba and beyond
2008-04-27, Cat Ba, Vietnam. By: KAY1968 | | What a lazy day we've had. It was still slightly hazy but the sun came out from behind the clouds enabling us to top up our tans. So we headed towards the beach and spent 4 hours soaking up the sun. W... |
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 | A new day and a new city..... Hanoi
2008-04-23, Ha noi, Vietnam. By: kay1968 | | I had read to be aware of scams in Vietnam especially on arrival but for it to happen to us 3 times in the space of an hour is pretty good going. More details in a moment.
The flight from Bangkok t... |
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 | More from Vietnam
2008-03-23, Mui Ne, Vietnam. By: GBrownlie | | So we left Hoi An on 23 March and headed for the beach town of Mui Ne, The bus which was 2.5 hours late was fill once everyone was on - it then stopped about 10 minutes into the journey and about 10 V... |
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 | Now in Vietnam
2008-03-10, Hanoi, Vietnam. By: GBrownlie | | On the 10th March we said a fond farewell to Laos as we boarded the plane to Vietnam, after having our final beer Lao at the airport. We arrived in Hanoi 1.5 hours later and began the search for our h... |
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 | Week eight - Hoi An - Nga Trang - Siem Reap
2008-04-07, Saigon, Vietnam. By: rabbitts | | Week eight feels like the week dedicated to being on the buses. Vietnam being the long snake of a country that it is meant I spent a substantial amount of my time on buses. The week started at 8am wi... |
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 | HCMC's Committee Building - Opera House - Art Galleries
2008-01-19, ho chi minh city, Vietnam. By: tichan | | About 7 blocks from the hotel, I walked to another famous buildings in Saigon. Both day and night ha ha... I think the pic is nicer at night though. The grandpa that was in the ceiling of the post off... |
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 | Ben Thanh Market - Shopping Time!
2008-01-18, ho chi minh city, Vietnam. By: tichan | | If you're into shopping, the for sure Ben Thanh Market is not to be missed. It's open from 8 am to 6 pm. Again, suggest to go here in the morning so it's not so hot, you get the "first-buyer-of-the-da... |
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 | Notre Dame Cathedral & Post Office Building
2008-01-17, ho chi minh city, Vietnam. By: tichan | | Before one of those meetings, I get up early and go to the famous Notre Dame Cathedral. The best time to visit there is really in the morning - cause the sky is just amaaaazingly blue. Gorgeous, gorge... |
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 | Ms. Pratiwi in Saigon - Vietnam
2008-01-16, ho chi minh city, Vietnam. By: tichan | | Another day, another business trip. Sebenernya sih meeting mah di mana aja sama, tapi klo disuruh travel juga, ya sudahlah. Lumayan bisa jalan2 gratiiiissss $$$ The good thing about business trip is t... |
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 | Descending Dragon
2008-02-28, Ha Long, Vietnam. By: mala | | Ha Long Bay is a natural wonder consisting of hundreds of dramatic limestone peaks eroded into fantastic shapes. To the Vietnamese it looks like the back of a dragon descending into the ocean. To me i... |
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 | A Walk In The Old Quarter
2008-02-27, Hanoi, Vietnam. By: mala | | From our window in the Old Quarter of Hanoi you can observe the ins and outs of daily life: motorbikes plowing through crowds of bicycles plowing through crowds of ladies with fruit hanging from their... |
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 | A Drastic Change In Climate
2008-02-23, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: mala | | An overnight train transported us to Hoi An, but it may as well have been another planet. In twelve hours we traded sunny skies for gray, dry for damp. Ouright, this seemed like a problem, but the mys... |
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 | Saigon With Open Arms
2008-02-20, Saigon, Vietnam. By: mala | | It's not what I expected, which it never is, so I guess I should start expecting that. First of all, only officials call the place Ho Chi Minh City, which is a great relief because Saigon is much more... |
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