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One afternoon in Hanoi

Just returned from travelling around SE Asia for a year and spent some of that timr following the coast down Vetnam and fully loved every minute of the journey.

After a nice sleep, I was awoken with a phone call and information about a boat and lunch and a visit to a tomb and pagoda via the river.  Sounds like a mouthful, but it wasn't.  Four of us had taken the boat upriver at a leisurely pace and with the consumption of even more food.  …

Vietnam in April - May 2009. From Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City.

We arrived at the hotel at about 8.30am and had a shower before going on a motorbike tour of Hue. As Id never been on a motorbike before I got to ride with the guide up the front which was good as I got a commentary on the sights as we drove by. We were taken to the Imperial Citadel, Tu Du Tom…

After exploring the ancient citidel, I had the experience described on my profile page--I won't repeat it here...

Ah yes. Once we hit Hue the rains came and despite it all we donned those crazy plastic film-like ponchos everyone wears over there and jumped on the backs of motorbikes for a tour round the place. Despite the weather it was a real buzz cruising around on these bikes, soaking up the scenery.We visi…

Hanoi - Halong Bay - Hue - Hoi An - Nha Trang - Dalat - Mui Ne - Saigon

Hi all and welcome to our travel blog. I hope it was not too much of a pain to sign in! Rick and I are leaving for South Africa June 13 from Vancouver and we will be on a Safari for the following 2 months. But first we are headed to Regina. This website has really cool maps and we can upload pictures (if we can find a computer). Hope you all found this okay.

When this trip starts, there is something called...a plan. Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Thailand, Malaisia, India and Nepal again. I wonder what really happens and where I'll end up.

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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.

It's time to fly to Hue. Arrived at night, I planed 3 days there. First morning : Visit of the flag tower, Thai Hoa Palace, Forbidden Purple City.First afternoon : Hopped on a taxi motorbike to visit the numerous mausoleums located in the south of Hue : Minh Mang (must-see), Khai Dinh, Tu Duc (ther…

Our evening flight to Hue was delayed by an hour just as we were about to board due to a torrential thunderstom.  I thought for sure we'd be waiting several hours, but to my astonishment, we ended up taking off in the still driving rain and turbulent weather.  It was one of the most harro…