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Awakening late, because of last nights decisions, I packed my stuff and spent some time walking along the beach, rolling up my jeans and going in knee deep in the pleasantly temperate water.  I dodged beach vendors and just walked the streets, hopping in shops and the like to kill some time before my ferry left.  I again, opted for the seafood and ended up ordering this type of clam that proved most difficult in removing from its shell.  The shells were reminiscent of those s...

Vung Tau is a town nearby Ho Chi Minh City. Located in the Baria province, this town is important economically to Vietnam as this is an oil related town, a town that booming because of the oil industry. Maybe like Aberdeen in Scotland or Midland in Texas. In the company that I work for, we got incentive everytime we are being transferred to work in a small town with "fair" (unluxury) facilities. And for that, Vung Tau is categorized as the "not so favorite" location compared to the other...

    They say that Sai Gon is not for everybody and I'm afraid it wasn't for me.  Not unti I got outside of the city did I really start to appreciate Vietnam.  Vung Tau for instance was a much quieter, laid back and far nicer place for me.  But that may have been entirely based on the experiences because in Sai Gon we were forever trying to be ripped off and the hordes of bikes really dis start getting to me.  Yet in Vung Tau we really landed on our feet as B...