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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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Good Morning Vietnam!
I think I may be about the millionth blogger to open with that line, but why not! Vietnam. Just hearing the word conjures up all sorts of of feelings, thoughts, mental images and stereotypes for Americans. Even for someone like me who is too young to have experienced the war, …
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Posted in Good Morning VietNam!, Vietnam
Tagged India & Southeast Asia, Over, Overview, Vietnam
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Communist Propaganda Everywhere
As a communist country, the streets and highways are filled with communist propaganda signs. Other than that, I really didn’t see any signs of communism around. So, without further adieu, here are some of the sign highlights we saw. Click on the first image to enlarge and then use the …
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Posted in Culture, Good Morning VietNam!, Highlights, Vietnam
Tagged Communism, Communist Propaganda, Ho Chi Min, India & Southeast Asia, Propaganda, Saigon, Vietnam
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Sleeper Buses, Open Tickets and Cyclo Taxis
As always, trying to get information on traveling like a local from locals was like pulling teeth. For those who managed to actually get on a local bus they had to face super inflated prices, dangers and the occasional incident with police. Fortunately, for once we weren’t trying to travel …
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Posted in Good Morning VietNam!, Highlights, Transportation, Vietnam
Tagged Bus, India & Southeast Asia, Sa Pa, Sapa, Sleep, Sleeper Bus, taxi, Transportation, Vietnam
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The Craziest Traffic on Earth…and Learning to Ride a Motorcycle In It
Traffic in Vietnam is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Stop lights are few and far between and motorcycles outnumber everything else. Intersections are the craziest, with all modes of transportation converging together
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Posted in * My Craziest & Best Stories, Good Morning VietNam!, Highlights, Transportation, Vietnam
Tagged Da Lat, Driving, Ho Chi Min, Motorcycle, Mui Ne, Nah Trang, Saigon, Traffic, Transportation, Vietnam
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Avoiding Taxi Scams and Roaming the Streets of Ho Chi Min
Our bus arrived in Ho Chi Min (formerly Saigon) in the middle of a monsoon and quickly got into a cab to take us to our hotel. After a few blocks, we noticed that the meter was already very high. We told him to stop and asked what was going …
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Sledding Down Red Sand Dunes in Mui Ne
Our first open ticket bus ride left us in the beach town of Mui Ne, though due to the rainy season it was pretty deserted. Our first night was a wash, but we woke up early the next day to rent a motorcycle and head out for the red sand …
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Posted in Good Morning VietNam!, Vietnam
Tagged Extreme Sports, India & Southeast Asia, Mui Ne, Sand, Sand Dune, Vietnam
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Exploring the Mountains of Da Lat and the Strangest Waterfall Ever
Da Lat is the most popular local tourist destination in Southern Vietnam; every weekend thousands of people swarm into the mountains to enjoy the cool weather and check out the sights. On our first day there, after a long hotel search with our heavy packs on our backs, we checked …
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Posted in Good Morning VietNam!, Highlights, Vietnam
Tagged Da Lat, India & Southeast Asia, Market, Motorcycle, Mountain Town, Mountains, tourist trap, Viet, Vietnam, Waterfall
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Scuba Diving, Motorbiking and Communal Spas in Nah Trang
We came to Nah Trang just for one last dip in the ocean in scuba gear but wound up staying three days relaxing and motorbiking around. The diving itself was pretty nice, though lots of the underwater area was sandy and our dives were cut short both times. By far …
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Posted in Beach Towns, Good Morning VietNam!, Scuba Diving, Temples and Ruins, Vietnam
Tagged Beach, Beach Town, India & Southeast Asia, Nah Trang, Ruins, Scuba Diving, Vietnam
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Custom Fit Suits, Asian Architecture, Ruins and Living Like Kings in Hoi An
After a grueling overnight bus ride on the Open Ticket, we arrived at Hoi An at the crack of dawn in front of a three star hotel. A brief hotel search revealed that we weren’t going to get anything cheaper without walking a lot, so we decided to treat ourselves …
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Posted in Good Morning VietNam!, Highlights, Vietnam
Tagged architecture, Clothing, Hoi An, India & Southeast Asia, Ruins, Vietnam
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Good Morning Vietnam – This and That
Why is it that it can be cold outside, but still 100 degrees in my hotel room? It pretty much rained every day at least a little. Our second night in Ho Chi Min we were trapped in our guesthouse at 9pm when the old lady who runs it went …
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Good Morning Vietnam – Photos and Videos
Photo Links: Vietnam Highlights Vietnam Communism Posters Video Links: Ho Chi Min Traffic Circle Madness Crossing the street is terrifying in Ho Chi Min A rollercoaster ride down to the Datanla Waterfall Fan dance at the Heritage Center in Hoi An Hoi An Traditional dance with an actor in makeup …
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