Vietnam

Girls will be girls in Saigon.
June 15, 2008 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
I was pacing up and down the hotel room and later the lobby waiting for Meka to arrive. She turned up much later then expected (her flight was delayed) in a beaten up old taxi. I couldn't contain my excitement screaming and jumping up and down while beginning to tell her things but trailing off mid sentence... The girls are in Ho Chi Minh City....
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.

A rollercoaster to a waterfall? What a good idea.
June 12, 2008 - Da Lat, Vietnam
This morning it was cold. I mean about 15 degrees and it was raining. How unfair. I had put off my motorbike riding on a perfectly sunny day and now just one day later the weather had turned. I was grossly unprepared, I have no cold weather clothes. So I put on almost my entire watdrobe in strategic layers, and finished off my stylish look...
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.

The journey is just as good as the destination.
June 11, 2008 - Da Lat, Vietnam
The rain was flooding down from the heavens, one second in it would completely saturate you. I was waiting for my bus to Dalat. Please come after the rain has relented, I hoped. Of course, it didn't, the unreliable minibus services of Vietnam only arrive on time when you least want them to. I grabbed my bags and splashed down the road to the bus...
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.

Leaving the Coast- Mui Ne to Dalat.
June 10, 2008 - Phan Thiet, Vietnam
Heading down the coast form North Vietnam to South the terrain suddenly changes from lush green rice paddy fields and thick jungles to a rough dry, sandy landscape. Near Mui Ne Beach it is a little like a desert. The hills behind the beach are actually sand dunes covered in scrubby bushes. I have just been reading a book by Wilfred Thesiger...
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.

Mudbaths and boybands- Thankyou Vietnam.
June 4, 2008 - Nha Trang, Vietnam
Nha Trang, a hideous beachside town that could be anywhere in the world: The Gold Coast, Frankston (Melbourne), Honolulu or some other over hyped beach town with too many people, too many cars, too many touts and manicured topiary as far as the eye can see. I immediatly hated this little city that is inexplicably so firmly routed on the...
Placed by Kezia in Indochina and Me.