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Binh Thuan Province Tour Day 3: Kinh Territory
Blog: Fish Egg Tree - 2 September 2009
These are the highlights from day 3 of my 3-day 2-night trip around Binh Thuan Province (presented in reverse order of normal blog posting, for easier reading). These photos come from a region dominated by Kinh, or ethnic Vietnamese, and are presented in no particular order.
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Chia Buồn
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 20 August 2009
By Hanh Tran, KF8 – Fund for Thanh Hoa Poor Women (FPW) – Vietnam I never leave home without my camera these days. But there are many instances when I fail to pull it out in time to capture some of the interesting things I pass on the street everyday. Then there are times when I am [...]
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Northwest Binh Thuan Province I
Blog: Fish Egg Tree - 14 August 2009
I took a 3-day, 2-night trip this week through the Northwestern Loop of Binh Thuan Province (the province where I live). The Road goes North from Phan Thiet, through the mountains and west to meet a smaller 100-km loop around Duc Linh and Tanh Linh, then south to Highway 1A, and east back to Phan Thiet.The climate in this region is markedly different from Phan Thiet and south/southeastern Binh Thuan Province. This area gets much more rain, and thus the scenery is lush are green.
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Northwest Binh Thuan Province III
Blog: Fish Egg Tree - 14 August 2009
Reminder that I'm posting this in reverse order as it makes more sense for reading, so go to the top post (yet to be written as I write this) to read an explanation.
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If you were stranded on a Beach...
Blog: EZGuler - 12 August 2009
Continuing along with the Top Ten theme, here is another Top Ten list, this time, with photo accompaniment.Top Ten Beaches To Fall In Love With (in order of degrees of love, 1 being the strongest)10) Athens, Greece
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Saigon City Guide
Blog: Ottsworld - 7 August 2009
Last month I produced a Saigon City guide podcast for one of my favorite travel websites, The Indie Travel Podcast. I love writing, and I wasn’t really sure how I would like researching and doing a podcast, but it proved ot be a lot of fun! So – here’s everything you want to know about [...]
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Cu Chi Tunnels of Vietnam
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 5 August 2009
The Cu Chi Tunnels are a must see destination. During the War it was the major battleground. All of those old war movies that you watched where the US soldier ran after a rebel in the jungle only to have him disappear in plain sight...well a visit to the Cu Chi tunnels explains all that.
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Mui Ne Sunrise Sand Dunes Tour
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 5 August 2009
The driver of the private jeep pick us up at 4.30am for the half day Mui Ne sunrise sand dunes tour together with another female Taiwanese and a couple from London. The tour normally includes visiting to the smaller red sand dunes, fishing village and red canyon on the Fairy Stream. Our expedition to the white sand dunes took around an hour, hopefully in time for the sunrise.
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hasta luego, vietnam
Blog: katie has itchy feet - 2 August 2009
three weeks of mischief, fending off street sellers, pineapple sellin' gibronis who are armed with meat cleavers, motorbikes and humidity. it's now time to conquer new lands, starting with thailand...a wee present to myself:
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Heading to Mui Ne
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 1 August 2009
I pre-booked the bus ticket to Mui Ne from Sinh Cafe at Pho Duc Chinh office the day before when I was at Ben Thanh Market (5 minutes walk). The bus fare for return ticket for 2 persons is USD21 or 360,000 VND. The bus will depart at 7.30pm; therefore we reached at Sinh Café main office at De Tham Street around 7.15am. Mui Ne Beach is around 220km from HCMC and the bus ride took around 5 miserable hours for such a distance. But I can tell you, the bus driver drove very slowly though the road was free of traffic.
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Vinh Trang Pagoda & Ben Thanh Market
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 30 July 2009
The moment I’m about to reach the entrance of the Vinh Trang Pagoda, the tall standing white Buddha greeted me with a smile.
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Mekong Delta Boat Trip
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 29 July 2009
The tour bus left at 7.30am for a 3 hours ride to My Tho town in Tien Giang Province for Mekong Delta boat trip for a close up view of local life. Tien Giang Province is the closest Mekong Delta province to Saigon and is a very popular destination for organised tours out of Saigon. Most tours throughout Tien Giang Province run in boats that seat 20-plus people and while such numbers bring costs down to a more reasonable level. During the journey, we could see many street vendors selling bread loaf on the dusty road side.
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Vietnam Chat: Cat Meat & DIY Halong Bay
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 28 July 2009
This weekend, I spoke about cat meat, motorbikes, Graham Greene, DIY travel, and finding the 'definitive experience of Vietnam' on Portland, Oregon's KPAM radio.
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Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam…
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 28 July 2009
Those three countries sounds pretty whirlwind given that it’s only a touch over a fortnight ago when I was still in China. The truth though is that my time in South East Asia has been pretty quiet with a lot of lazing around. Shannon made it to Phnom Penh after a bit of trouble with Vietnam [...]
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Central Post Office, Notre Dame Cathedral, Saigon River Cruise
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 26 July 2009
Once the tour bus reached HCMC, I dropped at the 100++ years old Central Post Office located in the heart of the city. It was constructed between 1886 and 1891, designed by Gustave Eiffel who also designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The architectural design of this Central Post Office represents the French colonial style and it’s the biggest post office in Vietnam.
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Cao Dai Holy See Temple
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 26 July 2009
Cao Dai Holy See temple is located in Tay Ninh, southern Vietnam, around 30 minutes bus ride from Cu Chi tunnel. Cao Dai means ‘high place’ where it the highest place where God reigns. The full name of Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do shown at the entrance means Great Religion of the Third Period of Revelation and Salvation.
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Cu Chi Tunnel
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 26 July 2009
July may not a good season to travel to Ho Chi Minh due to the raining season, but my wife and I have already engaged the guided tour together with my parent. My parent arrived first by MAS airline while my wife and I were on Airasia airline. The flight has been delayed for another 1 hour++ due to some technical issue, as usual for low cost budget airline. My wife and I arrived at Tan Son Nhat airport around 9pm and been transferred to Kimdo Royal Hotel at the downtown (Nguyen Hue Street, District 1) by our local tour guide.
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The Dust Bowl
Blog: Ottsworld - 23 July 2009
I often wonder how many months the pollution and dust in Saigon will take off my life. For this reason, I can’t imagine living here long term. Hell, I imagine that living here long term is akin to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day! That may be an exageration, however no one really knows what [...]
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"i'm so hanoied at you!" (cough)
Blog: katie has itchy feet - 23 July 2009
hanoi 7th july - arrived saigon 24th: with some heinous gaps in our three week entourage!
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Photo of the week – July 20, 2009
Blog: Ottsworld - 20 July 2009
I recently made a trip to a local market to purchase and eat durian for the first time. While I was there, I was able to capture some photos of butchers of the market. I love this mixture of personalities, ages, and genders! They were all working in the same market and all selling meat. For [...]
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A Glimpse of the Borrowers
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 16 July 2009
By Hanh Tran, KF8 – Fund for Thanh Hoa Poor Women (FPW) – Vietnam Visiting borrowers during the past three weeks has taught me that interviews can take place just about anywhere– standing in the middle of a noisy market, sitting on very short stools near a street stall or squatting on someone’s kitchen floor. Earlier this [...]
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Adventure Eating
Blog: Ottsworld - 15 July 2009
After 8 months here I finally found some Vietnamese friends who have taken me on as their ‘foreign friend project’. Meaning – they are helping me to see and experience the Vietnamese culture from a local perspective. It’s easy to experience the touristy side of Saigon, however I have found it hard to really integrate [...]
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The Motorbike Diaries – Vol. 14
Blog: Ottsworld - 14 July 2009
The Great Horn Divide No matter how hard I try, I just can’t do it. I lose the mental battle every time. I tell myself to be calm, patient, understanding – but then it happens – BEEP, BEEP BEEEEEP, BEEP, BEEP; and after the 3rd time of being serenaded by this noise I just can’t be [...]
