 | Still alive!
2008-06-20, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: SilverAsia | | hey all,
I am just about to run to a tour of a fishing village outside Hoi An Vietnam, but I wanted everyone to know I am still alive and kicking! Things have been insanely busy (and friggin HOT), ... |
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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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 | 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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 | Shopping and beaches
2008-01-14, Hoi an, Vietnam. By: hamsouth | | After a five hour journey we arrived at Hoi an but this time we just took the normal seated night bus and although the driver was all over the place again it wasn't as bad.
Now this a place that al... |
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 | Little Update
2007-11-09, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: dilleybug | | Shit. i just wrote a whole thing and it got erased! The Darn Vietnam internet connection!
okay well here is the jist: Went to a beach party, very fun. lots of stars and ocean and redbull vodkas. Ye... |
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 | "Hello!"
2007-11-01, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: Damo | | After my first journal entry on Vietnam, my buddy, Tam, emailed me to say that she was sorry my experience in her homeland hadn't been a delightful one. I hadn't realised the entry had that sort of t... |
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 | On The Buses
2007-07-20, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: mashman | | Back on the buses then with no time to lose and next stop Hue, only 12 hours this ride so survivable. I befriended Van, the likeable lawyer from Hanoi who chatted with me at length for a couple of ho... |
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 | Hoi An - The tailoring capital of Vietnam
2007-03-06, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: cmciver | | After a short bus trip from Hue, viewing at least one up turned lorry on the way, we arrived at the small town of Hoi An. Amazingly, Hoi An was pretty much untouched during the wars and as such has re... |
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 | Ram Vietnam
2006-11-11, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: tictac | | Flew into Hanoi some time ago...
Hanoi is a crazy town... the traffic generally in Vietnam doesn't follow too many rules; they generally drive on the right and other than that the name of the game... |
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 | Tropical Storm Xangsane
2006-10-05, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: jag | | Hi
Yet another late update, but this thing is becoming a bit of a chore at the moment as I have lost the will to live. Goodbye cruel world!
Well it was almost goodbye when the town that was sta... |
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 | Tailor Time
2006-06-03, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: hamjo | | Hoi An is a old old quaint town of single story buildings, vehicle-less streets, the friendliest people, tailors everywhere, delicious restaurants, and the beach tops it all off. We stayed at a hotel ... |
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 | Shoppers Paradise
2006-04-07, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: Brony | | I knew that the shopping in Hoi An was good, but I had no idea...
We arrived in Hoi An first thing in the morning after yet another outrageous bus ride- please God let it be the last! |
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 | Hoi An
2005-12-23, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: janinemo | | Due to the miserable weather we have been having over the last few days, we were unable to catch the overnight bus to Hoi An as planned (a landslide, apparently) and so changed our plans to take the o... |
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 | Hoi An
2005-10-27, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: graham78 | | The journey down the coast to Hoi An was a 4 ˝ bus journey that was suppose to involve incredible views along the coast and of the marble mountains. However, we shall have to take people’s word for it... |
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 | See you yesterday.
2005-11-30, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: Exploring | | Today is my last day in Hoi An. I'm sad and a bit nervous to leave, but I think it's the right time to head out and continue my travels. Yesterday, I told the news to the main class English class that... |
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| Mint and Corduroy
2005-11-27, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: Exploring | | Today a debate over the identity of a vegetable/fruit ended with the determination that we were eating unripe banana/brown banana/banana blossom. Mateo--1, Joronda and Laura--0. Our other guess was co... |
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 | The next American Idol
2005-11-24, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: Exploring | | I've seen a lot of rats around Hoi An at night. They're particularly gross when they adopt behaviors that should be limited to larger, cuter animals, such as carrying things in their mouths and runnin... |
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| Happy Thanksgiving
2005-11-24, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: Exploring | | Happy Thanksgiving lovely family and friends.
Today I celebrated Thanksgiving Vietnamese-style, meaning that chopsticks were used. I did the requisite introspective answering of the question, "W... |
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 | Hold on lads, I've got a great idea
2005-10-27, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: jeffhilton | | With yet more reluctance the time came to leave beautiful Hue behind, and head down the coast to Hoi An (pronounced Hoi An). As this is Vietnam, yet more crazy driving was involved, this time an Itali... |
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 | Bia Hoi
2005-10-17, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: day1 | | That Bia Hoi is great stuff. Spent about 1.50 each lastngiht and had a skin ful. It's only 10c a pint. Just bumped into Sean McMahon from college so going for more shortly.
We spent the afternoon y... |
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 | Sapa - Halong bay - Hoi An
2005-08-10, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: robbo | | So, after we returned from Sapa, we travelled on the night train back to Hanoi. Once there, we went to Halong Bay for one night. This is a bay with over 1000 islands and islets, said to have been ca... |
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 | Tailor's, Beaches, and Good Times
2003-11-08, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: aussie_msc | | We had a few hours free in Hue, and then we took about a 3 hour ride to Hoi An. Driving through Hai Van Pass was pretty nice. The scenery was amazing. We had views of the beach, and views over the mou... |
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 | Shopping heaven
2004-11-17, Hoi an, Vietnam. By: craisen | | Ready to move on after spending 3 days in a town where every shop or road side stall you pass says the same "Hello Miss, you buy, look inside, different colours, very cheap price, where you from" all ... |
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 | Bullet ridden temples and cheap suits
2003-12-20, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: katiepops | | Well I have been having an indulgent time since last the last installment. Namely shopping!
We were in Hoi Ann last time I wrote, traveling with Marek and Mirijam and the two Irish blokes they intr... |
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 | Ancient City
2004-09-14, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: wts | | We bought the open tour ticket that took us from Hue to Hoi An by bus. The distance between these 2 towns is only 150km, but it took us 4.5hours!! Yes…4.5hrs!!!! The bus was driving at 40kms an hour…t... |
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 | avoid the chickens!!
2004-01-15, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: todd_rach | | Hey everyone
Todd is getting crappy that I havenˇ¦t written to hear I go!!. So far no issues with the chicken virus however we just found out that as we left Hanoi 12 people died from it!
Curr... |
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 | South Vietnam
2003-04-30, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: donovang | | We left Hoi An on the overnight bus, which we were both dreading. It wasn't quite as bad as feared, but it was pretty bloody bumpy all the same. It seems that no matter where you go in the world there... |
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| Hoi An - clothes etc
2003-04-28, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: donovang | | Further south from Hue is the small town of Hoi An, described as a shopping mecca with old town charm. It does what is says on the tin! It's a really nice place to chill out for a few days, but you ... |
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 | Hoi An
2003-03-10, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: kyt | | Clothes, Threats and Friends |
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 | A Beautiful and Charming City
2002-11-15, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: sbirch | | We took an early 4:00am train and then a bus arriving into Hoi An in the afternoon. I could tell immediately that I would enjoy this charming city. It reminds me a lot of Santa Fe, New Mexico with lot... |
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 | Happy Birthday ... SPLAT!
2002-01-17, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: nsuffield | | Took a taxi along the raised road that ran through paddy fields on the way to My Son. A walk along a rickety bridge and a jeep ride took us to the Cham Towers set in jungle undergrowth in a basin surr... |
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 | Pool Warrior
2002-01-16, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: nsuffield | | Hoi An ... a quiet little place with very few cars, just the swish of silent sweaving cyclists to watch out for. Lots of dark wooded houses covered in mother of pearl lettering, a Japenese covered bri... |
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| Hyundai Bum
2002-01-15, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: nsuffield | | Look the morning bus to Hoi An, driving along roads that hugged the moutainous coastline. Below a flotilla of homogenous blue fishing boats with yellow stars on red flags flapping behind them. Stopped... |
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| Malaria prophylaxis and taylor-made clothes
2002-01-15, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: nsuffield | | A little town with character. It is one of the nicest Vietnamese towns with pretty little houses, little lanes, really charming people and fantastic taylors. We could have spent more time there. The a... |
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 | Shopping in Hoi an
2001-10-27, Hoi an, Vietnam. By: Natalie | | Oh yes, we have found our favorite spot. Atleast from a shopping view! It's so cheep to make clothes here. I have made a pair of trousers in thai silk , 2 tops in thai silk and a skirt.All that was 35... |
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| Baths, good food and great shopping
2001-10-27, Hoi An, Vietnam. By: cecilia | | Hello everyone!
It's so fun that so many are reading my journal! It's just that I have to write in english, and I know that at least two englishteachers are reading it...
Well, well. Now we're in... |
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 | Not our lucky day
2001-10-22, Hoi an, Vietnam. By: natalie | | Ok, now its time to take "tjuren vid hornen" and write a little what has happened here the latest days. On the 23 of October we left Hanoi for good. We had decided to go on the night train even though... |
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