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Goodnight and Goodbye Vietnam
Straight from a hotel room the size of a closet with barely enough room to walk sideways, here is part 2 of my bloggings on Vietnam. Highlights included trekking with local tribeswomen in Sapa, pirating our way through the crags of Halong Bay, touring ancient citadels, eating local foods (but …
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Pho Soup, Spring Rolls, Rice and Sandwiches…But no Dog
Local soup, known as pho, is the most common dish in Vietnam. Made with chicken or beef broth, it also contains noodles, simple veggies, chilies and some kind of meat. These bowls are slurped down at every corner and restaurant and usually cost less than $1…unless you’re a Western tourist …
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Posted in Food, Goodnight...And Goodbye, VietNam, Highlights, Vietnam
Tagged Food, Hanoi, Ho Chi Min, India & Southeast Asia, Saigon, Sandwich, Soup, Vietnam
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Interacting With The Locals in Vietnam is Downright Unpleasant
Nightclubs From the beginning, I had a tough time with most interactions we had with locals in Vietnam. Granted, most of the people we met were some form of shopkeeper and as soon as money was introduced to the equation the nice relationship became mean, rude and angry. However, due …
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Beautiful Buildings in Hue and Reliving 'Nam on a DMZ Tour
During the bus ride to Hue we met Amelia, a fellow American, who we spent much of the next few days with. We arrived in town early, but most of the afternoon was spent trying to book our open ticket out to Hanoi the next day. Everywhere we went we …
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Posted in Culture, Goodnight...And Goodbye, VietNam, Temples and Ruins, Vietnam
Tagged DMZ, Hue, India & Southeast Asia, Ruins, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War
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Just Passing Through Hanoi and a Shady Couchsurfer
Our time in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, was mostly spent on the move. After a sleepless night in the front seat of our Open Ticket bus with Amelia, we had just enough time to catch the new Harry Potter movie before getting on yet another overnight bus to Sapa. …
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Posted in Cities, Goodnight...And Goodbye, VietNam, Highlights, Vietnam
Tagged Couchsurfing, Hanoi, Vietnam
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The Hills are Alive with Rice Fields and Local Tribeswomen in Sapa
Our group was small and we had a private tour guide, but we left at the same time as a dozen other tours. Surrounding each group were a handful of Hmong tribeswomen, different from the ones who found us at the bus the day before.
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Posted in Culture, Goodnight...And Goodbye, VietNam, Highlights, Hiking and Trekking, Vietnam
Tagged hiking, Indigenous People, Local Family, Sa Pa, Sapa, trekking, Tribeswomen, Vietnam
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The Iconic Halong Bay
“No way,” was all we heard as a familiar face came running up to us at the bus stop in Hanoi where we were waiting for our tour bus to pick us up and take us to Halong Bay. It was Tony, who we had met five months earlier at …
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Posted in Beach Towns, Goodnight...And Goodbye, VietNam, Highlights, Vietnam
Tagged Bays, Boat, Boat Tour, Crags, Halong Bay, Hanoi, Houseboat, Vietnam
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Goodnight and Goodbye Vietnam – This and That
Everyone on the bus back from Sapa had one of the bracelets the local women give you to mark their territory. On the Halong Bay tour Carrie and I got inked by a squid about to be cooked. The women on the Sapa trek complained that we spent too much …
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Posted in Goodnight...And Goodbye, VietNam, Observations, This & That - Musings From the Road, Vietnam
Tagged Halong Bay, Hanoi, Hue, Sa Pa, Sapa, This and That, Vietnam
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Goodnight and Goodbye Vietnam – Photos and Videos
Photo Links: Vietnam Highlights Vietnam Foods Video Links: Monsoon rains rip through the Sa Pa market and streets Local women and the rice field mountains in the hills above Sa Pa Carrie is surrounded by a dozen Xao and Hmong ladies trying to get her to buy things Halong Bay …
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