Vietnam

Frenzied in Hanoi

We had heard a slew of negative things about visiting Hanoi - "the people are aggressive," "you will get hustled," etc... The Lonely Planet said that scams were common, especially when booking excursions out of the city. We were pleased that during our three days in Hanoi, we found, with an...

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bhkann on July 17, 2009 from Hanoi, Vietnam

from the travel blog: Ben's SE Asia Voyage

Ha Long bay

Through our hostel we arranged a two-day, one-night excursion to Ha Long Bay. Ha Long Bay is in northern Vietnam near the Chinese border. It is a bay dotted with thousands of limestone cliffs. We boarded our boat and set off. The scenery was breathtaking, and, as seems to be the pattern on...

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bhkann on July 17, 2009 from Ha Long, Vietnam

from the travel blog: Ben's SE Asia Voyage

Before we had arrived in Vietnam we had all agreed that we were going to treat ourselves to a really nice hotel - having spent a considerable amount of time over the past couple of weeks either in the jungle, on buses/planes (LOTS of time spent travelling), in shabby guest houses, & all in the...

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johnnoble on July 10, 2009 from Hanoi, Vietnam

from the travel blog: John's year off...

Beautiful Ha Long Bay

Halong Bay So we have reached one of the stand out highlights of the trip! Ever since the infamous Top Gear moment of drinking G&T's from a floating village while the sun was setting; we have been looking forward to this! Halong bay is a gorgeous area off the north east coast of Vietnam, it...

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Michael Russell on July 5, 2009 from Cat Ba, Vietnam

from the travel blog: Escape from Blighty

du lich

Nam nao toi cung di du lich Da Lat nhieu lan, vi noi day toi yeu thich nhat, co thang toi di 3 lan Da Lat, ban tin ko???

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xuanhathudong on July 2, 2009 from Da Lat, Vietnam

from the travel blog: tour da lat

Shameless Birthday Plug - Hue

Hue was the last stop before Hanoi on our Vietnam trip and also the town in which I celebrated my quarter century b'day. Hue was the capital of the Vietnamese royal family in the 19th Century and as such has a royal citadel within another citadel in the town. Our 2 days spent in Hue...

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Michael Russell on July 2, 2009 from Hue, Vietnam

from the travel blog: Escape from Blighty

Telephone cell

Bonjour! Nous vous ecrivons pour vous dire d'abord le vrai numero de telephone : 0084 165 5 169 415 Par contre, nous sommes un peu inquiets par rapport a la Chine. Le systeme de telephone ne marche pas de la meme facon d'apres ce que nous avons lu. Il est possible que les appels entrants...

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Guiless on June 28, 2009 from Sa Pa, Vietnam

from the travel blog: Asie du Sud Est par Isa et Guillaume

Bakers and Tailors and CandleStick Makers - Hoi An

Finally Some Shopping!! What Russ has been waiting for the whole trip, a place to flex his shopping muscles! Hoi An is a lovely little coastal town situated north of Na Trang, it has a lot of Chinese and French influences but is mostly famed for it's over night tailors. Our first and most...

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Michael Russell on June 27, 2009 from Hoi An, Vietnam

from the travel blog: Escape from Blighty

Sapa de sens comment c'est beau!

Bonjour a tous! Ca fait vraiment longtemps que nous n'avons pas ecrit sur le blog, on s'en excuse enormement, mais nous n'arrivions pas a trouver un acces internet pas cher et rapide ( cest long mettre des photos sur le site). Mais nous voici! Oh et avant de commencer, prenons une minute de...

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Guiless on June 27, 2009 from Sa Pa, Vietnam

from the travel blog: Asie du Sud Est par Isa et Guillaume

Toujours en vie!

Bonjour! ce n,est qu'un petit mot pour vous dire que nous sommes toujours en vie!! Nous allons ecrire un vrai message tres bientot (aujourdhui si possible), mais la nous ne voulions que vous dire de ne pas vous inquiéter et que tout va tres bien! Nous sommes a la Baie de Halong, et que nous...

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Guiless on June 24, 2009 from Ha Long, Vietnam

from the travel blog: Asie du Sud Est par Isa et Guillaume

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