Ho Chi Minh City Travel Blogs - Page 15

I have the days all mixed up now. I have no idea which date this should be and why I was on 14th when it should have been way later. Oh well. We wake up and it is now our last day in Vietnam, though I may have missed a few things here and there... We get up and we are going to the floating markets.…

Having the best time ever on our world trip 2008 with my best friend!!

In 2008 i set off on my 1st RTW trip, taking in 14 countries i made my way round the planet anti clockwise taking in the sights and sounds of: USA, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Nepal & India before returning back 'Home' to rejoin the norm we call the 'rat race'. A truely amazing period of my life, learnt heaps, saw such beauty and met some inspirational people! Enjoy the pics i captured on my journey!

Map and photos of my loop around Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.

Mini la vie au Vietnam 3 C'est nowel: Il y a des trucs de noel a l'annee. Des lumieres, des girlandes, des peres noel dans la neige.... Il y a beaucoup de catholique mais les affiches de joyeux noel au mois de mai a 40 degre c'est franchement etrange. On avait remarque beacoup de lumiere de noel e…

Vietnamese wedding is similar to Chinese wedding. The wedding consist of 3 steps, the civil registry, religious wedding and then a reception. This wedding, is a wedding of my friend, Neville and Hang. In the morning, we all gathered in the groom's apartment, to take several gifts which will be giv…

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our first full day in Dalat we walked in the heat (no suncream, we were told dalat was supposed to be cool) to ? pagoda...noone there apart for a monk at the altarchanting and donging a bell in rhythm. I then tried to guide us all to ? Monastery but couldn't find it so gave up and sat and…

More shopping and suffered from some serious chaff from the day before!! Hit the Cu Chi Tunnels and saw how the South Vietnamese hid underground to attack American troops. Also they had a firing range. So I did what anyone would do - get a clip of bullets for an AK-47 (about $60AUD). Af…

Vietnam - Ho Chi Min City Friday, June 13, 2008 After another long 6hr bus ride we arrived in HCMC - we got the correct bus this time but somehow when we crossed the Thailand border into Cambodia the offical didnt stamp our passports... This was pointed out to us by our guide on the bus to…

I've made it to saigon! We arrived at 5am and quickly got a bus to the cu chi tunnels, to see where the viet cong hid in 200km of tunnels to fight the americans..a quote from their video `the americans, like a bunch of crazy devils, shot at these poor peoples pots and pans`. they called people that…

*This entry is backdated*We arrived in Saigon, and headed to the hotel that I usually stay at when I'm there. Then we decided to take a look around town, and get something to eat.Later on that day we met up with Hong at Highlands Coffee, and I got to meet her baby daughter for the first time. I was…

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