Ho Chi Minh City Travel Blogs - Page 9

Vietnam, Cambodia

Stuns in Hanoi, Sapa, Halong Bay, Hue, Hoian and Saigon

Vietnam April 2008

Vietnam and Cambodia are really affordable to everyone. I have found the people to be very friendly in both countries. I visisted Saigon and did all the side trips (Megkong Delta, Chi Chu tunnels, Cat Tien national Park), Hanoi including the Halong Bay trip and Sapa. In Cambodia I unfortunately only did Siem Reap with 4 temples of which Angkor Wat is the most famous. I loved it and would do it again.

just a few of my thoughts on the place.. I've reposted a few of my old blog entries here because I can-can-can.

In Laos hebben we nog een paar stadjes bezocht. Als laatste waren we aangekomen in Phonsavan. In dit dorp valt echt weinig te beleven, na aankomst hebben we hier dan ook meteen alles geregeld voor de komende 2 dagen, een activiteit en het vertrek naar Vietnam. Op zaterdag zijn we met een kleine gro…

Following the typhoon that had hit central Vietnam resulting massive flooding coupled with the complete lack of information available, Andi, Gaby and I decided to take the bus back to Saigon to fly north to Hanoi. Maria and Michelle, however, braved the open bus through the flooded Hoi An and Hue.*…

After an emotional goodbye at the airport, with Kyle flying off to conquer the world of transport planning, I wasn't really in the mood for dealing with Thai immigration as to why I had overstayed my visa. It wasn't like I hadn't intended to, to be honest, seen as it worked out a lot cheaper to pay…

Among the strangest belief systems on the face of the earth is the nationalistic syncretism of Vietnam's Cao Dai sect. Cao Dai (pronounced "Cow Die") didn't exist a century ago. Its beginnings date back to the 1920's when a provencial official for the French colonial government in southern Vietna…

Different Places

*This entry is backdated*I decided that I would spend my birthday, Christmas and New Years Eve in Asia. I flew into Singapore, and had about an 8 hour stopover on my way to Vietnam. This wasnt so bad, as the airport has a lot to see and do. But after the first few hours, I was beginning to regr…

In 2009 i took a plane down to Saigon on a whim with only the clothes on my back.

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Guilin, Yangshuo, Xian, Kunming, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Cheng Du, Dalian, Nanjing, Suzhou, Dali, Lijiang, Xishuangbanna, Shenzhen, Chang Bai Shan, Zhouzuang, Shenyang, Harbin, Tai'an, Weifang, Jinan, Weihai, Yantai, Zhuhai, Taishan, Huangshan, JuiJiGuo, and Tibet. Li Shui, Yue Qing, Hangzhou, Linghai, Ningbo, Cixi, Yixing.

where I've been and where I'll be

blog in progress...