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We Won't Miss Saigon
(Feb 23 '06)
We Won’t Miss Saigon.
Vietnam
Fast facts:
*Written language doesn't use Chinese style script. It had until the 17th century when it was rewritten, using the Roman alphabet, now adopted ...
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'Halong Bay-ewty'
(Nov 29 '05)
"'Overnight cruising here to soak up the jaw-dropping beauty and sample the fish in the bay...A paradise unmasked by the fading morning mist of ignorance'"
Hanoi Ho!
(Feb 25 '06)
Fast Facts:
* Vietnam is one of the last (arguably two) major communist powers in the world.
*During the war years between 1965 and 1973, 75% of the population of Hanoi was evacuated and a ...
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Monday morning saw us responding to the alarm clock yet again. In due course (eventually) we were picked up by the minibus for our overnight trip to Halong Bay. This ...
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Day 2 of our Vietnam adventure begins with a traditional bowl of PHO for breakfast! Wow! First time for me! Normally, we have it for lunch or dinner. The VACO crew (Max's associates from Vietnam ...
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Even Monks will pinch your bike
(Jul 30 '05)
Boarded our bus this morning and climbed away from the safety of the city into the Central Highlands. Just outside of Hue we stopped at a border crossing where a couple of men – aged maybe 18 or 19 - ...
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February 1, 2006
Travel Day from Cambodia to Vietnam! We departed Phnom Penh by minibus to reach the Mekong river, where we boarded a boat and headed downstream to Chau ...
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Back to Hanoi!
(Feb 19 '06)
After such an exhilirating experience in Halong Bay, we headed back to the chaos of Hanoi! On our way, we stopped by a little town called Na Doung (sp??) where they specialize in Mung Bean treats! I ...
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So, it was valentines day and with love in the air we jumped on a bus to start our journey south. We soon realised that it is important with ...
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We arrived at Danang airport and jumped into a cab for our hotel. As it was my birthday, Lynds had booked us into a very swanky hotel. As ...
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Recent Blogs for Vietnam
Vibrant Saigon with Wild Traffic
(Apr 12 '08)
We had the opportunity to disembark two days in a row in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), I suspect because the port is very close to the city and the ship can stock up on supplies. The temperature got to ...
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Imperial City of Hue Outside of DaNang, Vietnam
(Apr 10 '08)
Our first opportunity to leave the ship was to make a one day visit to either DaNang or to Hue, the original capital of this part of Vietnam, for a day. I chose to go to Hue with its complex of World ...
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Fever pitch
(Apr 06 '08)
"It's Sunday night and Hang Bac street looks like a scene from Bladerunner. Rich is lying in bed with a fever while a woman dressed like a scruffy street urchin sings a haunting Vietnamese ballad outside the window."

















