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So Long Vietnam, last stop Saigon (AKA Ho Chi Minh City)

Upon arrival in Saigon we had some difficulty in finding a place, this was due to the fact that most guesthouses are not open at 6.00am-weird that. A nice (but strange) lady helped us find a room above a bar, no guesthouse for us, but a spare room over a pub. We were guaranteed that the noise...

permalink written by  Priya&Tim on July 14, 2006 from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

Back to the Beach

Next stop Nha Trang, another seaside resort town but with a very lively nightlife and wonderful beach chillout retreats! From Nha Trang our first mission was to do the Island tour around the coast which in the end entailed of more snorkelling, swimming and drinking than it did of island...

permalink written by  Priya&Tim on July 12, 2006 from Nha Trang, Vietnam
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

Clothes....Lots of Clothes

Hoi An , the fisherman village, is our next destination. There is one word for this place: CLOTHES. There are over 500 tailors in this tiny village so imagine the competition faced for a tailor to get the business of every foreigner in town! We took a walk to a Riverside restaurant and on the...

permalink written by  Priya&Tim on July 8, 2006 from Hoi An, Vietnam
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

The city of Hue

We booked our open bus tickets to travel through Vietnam on the East coast and stopped next at Hue. Getting hold of a Belgian beer. Mission impossible in Vietnam? Not really! We quickly located the Belgian Bar, the B4 Bar and enjoyed a couple of cheeky G&T's with the lovely barman and was...

permalink written by  Priya&Tim on July 4, 2006 from Hue, Vietnam
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

Early doors at Hanoi

So Hanoi began as early start from our trip up across the border from Laos and into Vinh, and it wasn't quite what we expected when we woke up in the morning. The noise of the traffic is immense and it never stops! Forget Milan or Paris or any other city in Europe, Hanoi is the king of...

permalink written by  Priya&Tim on June 28, 2006 from Hanoi, Vietnam
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

Arriving into Vietnam

Country No: 3 We arrived safely in Ha Noi, Vietnam, after a mamoth journey leaving from Phonsavan at 6am. We got on our bus to Vinh and after picking up 15 people in phonsovan - all locals, we set off on our way. We got to the border at around 11.00am, and after a thorough bag inspection, and...

permalink written by  Priya&Tim on June 24, 2006 from Vinh, Vietnam
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

Die Hard Travellers

We knew we'd arrived in Saigon at the wrong time when the bus pulled up outside a bar still seething with sex tourists. Arriving in a new foreign city at 4:30am is not advisable- all normal hotels were closed so we found ourselves inhabiting a disgusting sweat box of a room. Being such hard...

permalink written by  Murph, Tay, Colly and Erin on May 19, 2006 from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
from the travel blog: The Smug Adventures of Murph, Tay, Colly & Erin

The Return to Normality

After the boys left we felt it necessary to have a night off to recharge our batteries. The next morning we had a Team Talk discussing Redbull, where after a sleepless night of hallucinations decided to quit cold Turkey. At the beach that day we met two Texan cowboys and enjoyed spectating as...

permalink written by  Murph, Tay, Colly and Erin on May 8, 2006 from Nha Trang, Vietnam
from the travel blog: The Smug Adventures of Murph, Tay, Colly & Erin

Don't be angry Mummies and Daddies.................

So Hanoi. There are 3.4 million mopeds in Hanoi and we have seen/ been run over by every single one of them. Boy do they love tooting their horns. After tranquil Laos Hanoi seemed ridiculously hectic. We were there during the Communist Party Congress and it was a surreal experience to be...

permalink written by  Murph, Tay, Colly and Erin on May 3, 2006 from Nha Trang, Vietnam
from the travel blog: The Smug Adventures of Murph, Tay, Colly & Erin

No Man's Land

Blogboy, we sincerely apologise for what you are about to read. After completely disregarding your advice, the following horrific events ocurred.....why oh why didn't we listen to your wise words?!! After a couple of sleepy days in Vientiane we took a 24 hour bus to take us straight to Hanoi. ...

permalink written by  Murph, Tay, Colly and Erin on April 23, 2006 from Hanoi, Vietnam
from the travel blog: The Smug Adventures of Murph, Tay, Colly & Erin

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