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Vietnam Pictorial
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 3 December 2010
Quite literally some of the fastest moving people on the planet, it is a miracle that I could get anyone to stand still long enough to capture them on film. That said, the chaotic frenzy known as Vietnam also has a serene side. Both extremes work to create a photographer’s paradise – check out our [...]
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Northern Vietnam
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 28 November 2010
Our amazing time in Vietnam is slowly coming to an end. From the traditional hill tribes of Bac Ha and Can Cau to hip Hanoi to magnificent Halong Bay, the North is just as impressive as South and Central Vietnam. Although we are sad to leave, we are more than happy to have explored this [...]
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Light as a Feather
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 22 November 2010
I guess there are always two sides to an Excellent Food-Venture…
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Chu, Powerfrau
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 15 November 2010
For many visitors, beautiful Sapa can be a little annoying with all the tribal women accosting you in the streets to buy souvenirs. But behind the sales pitch are real people struggling to make a living in a world that offers little opportunity for tribal communities. Chu, a feisty little Black Hmong woman, followed us [...]
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Vietnamese Hot Pot
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 14 November 2010
Who would have thought that Sapa, a small highland town near the border with China, could boast such a fantastic, cosmopolitan selection of international cuisines. From Italian to Indian to French and back to Italian, Sapa seems to offer all of the classics and anything in between. Interestingly, we didn’t fancy any of the “foreign” [...]
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The Flower Hmong Pictorial
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 11 November 2010
We’ve moved up into the incredibly picturesque northern highlands of Vietnam to visit the hill tribe markets in Can Cau and Bac Ha. Our motorbike trip out to Can Cau through the fantasy karst scenery was a bit of a muddy mess due to recent landslides and ongoing road construction. But in the end, the [...]
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Snapshot: Bac Ha Sunday Market, Vietnam
Blog: To China... and Beyond! - 26 March 2010
Sometimes, traveling shows us cultures that are different — at times, wildly so — from our own. But at other times, it can remind us of just how much we do have in common with seemingly distant cultures.
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Off the beaten track: Vietnam-Bac Ha
Blog: HAPPYTIMEBLOG - 6 November 2009
Read about our experiences as we get lost and find ourselves off the beaten track... Help for anyone who wants to travel with originality but doesn't have the time to search for it.
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Sapa: Where the birthday fairy makes my rural fantasy come true
Blog: 12FOOT3 - 21 March 2009
Somewhere around Hanoi, we made the hard decision to skip diving in Sipidan (we had been planning on ending our tour of SE Asia by diving in eastern Malaysian Borneo, reportedly one of the best scuba sites in the world right now). On the one hand, we really, really want to dive here before it [...]
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LC1; The Day Train from Hanoi to Lao Cai, for Sapa.
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 10 May 2008
Simple message to anyone heading up to Sapa – give up your creature comforts for 1 day and see Vietnam in its majestic glory. Get on the LC1 day train, I can guarantee no regrets.*
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