Vietnam

Finally Ha Noi....and I can't sleep!
July 9, 2008 - Ha Noi, Vietnam
Wow…..what a bunch of mistakes on the last blog.  I am new to this software and I am almost positive that it does not let me spell check.  Plus, after being awake for so long…well, I think I could be excused.  I am sure everyone got the point I was making.                        Before I start talking about the trip...
Placed by Vic Veguilla in Trip to Hanoi, Vietnam

It was a bad scene, man.
June 24, 2008 - Rach Gia, Vietnam
Phu Quoc is: 1) actually closer to Cambodia then Vietnam (and was once owned by Cambodia). 2) home to many blue-tongued dogs. 3) a beautiful island ringed by white sand beaches and motorbikeable roads. 4) my kind of heaven. So we did what any self-respecting and tired traveller would do, We relaxed on the beach outside our bungalow, read...
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.

Mekong Delta Tales
June 24, 2008 - Ben Tre, Vietnam
Miles and miles of ultra-green rice paddies and well-worn narrow roads winding alongside canals and children shouting 'hello' at our backs as we zoomed into a new world of Vietnam... It was our second last day in the Mekong Delta and we spent it on the back of a motorbike cruising past the millions of canals ands crossing five ferries over the...
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.

The middle of the Mekong Delta
June 18, 2008 - Ben Tre, Vietnam
Ben Tre is a little town clearly off the well-worn tourist trail. It took about an hour and a half to get here by bus, then over a little ferry and we had made it. Not being sure how to get from th ebus station from town we stood wih our packs on our shoulders looking confused. Of course, two motorbike riders started closing in with big grins on...
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.

Problems with translation
June 16, 2008 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Meka and I just had lunch in a local Vietnamese restaurant. Our friendly waiter Duy started a conversation with us and as we chatted about Australia and his wish to study there I decided to test out Mekas new English-Vietnamese phrasebook. My lunch was fried rice cooked in coconut, literally cooked in a whole coconut. I consulted the...
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.