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Strange Rabbits & A Flower Market
Blog: Kate McVaugh's Rambles - 2 February 2011
The Vietnamese and Chinese New Year begins the evening of February 2nd. Before leaving the US, I made sure I knew exactly what year on the animal wheel it would be so that I wouldn’t appear stupid. I found out that it would be the Year of the Rabbit.
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Vietnam, Look For Me Cause Here I Come: How to Get A Visa
Blog: Lonely Girl Travels - 28 January 2011
Yes, travel is exotic and life-altering and profoundly moving. Yes, you encounter new environments, new people, new customs, and in that way, also encounter some new piece of yourself. Yes, you become more cultured, more able to pepper cocktail conversations with ledes like, “Well, when I was learning tango in Buenos Aires…,” and “There’s really [...]
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Changes
Blog: Kate McVaugh's Rambles - 28 January 2011
Jan 2011There are always changes when one returns to a place after several years.
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A Museum & Artists
Blog: Kate McVaugh's Rambles - 24 January 2011
The combination of Colonial French Architecture, cool interiors, and marvelous artwork makes the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts a lovely retreat from the chaos that surrounds it.
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Winter Vacay Part III--Northern Vietnam
Blog: Thiessen Twosome Does Japan - 21 January 2011
To catch up on part I of my Vietnam adventure, head here. Part II can be found here.
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The Black Hmong of Sapa Vietnam
Blog: The Travel Project - 20 January 2011
A great documentary about the inspiring Black Hmong of Sapa, Vietnam Related posts:The Vietnam Conclusion Welcome to Sapa Trekking Sapa
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Winter Vacay Part II--Central Vietnam
Blog: Thiessen Twosome Does Japan - 20 January 2011
If you missed reading about Southern Vietnam in Part I of my winter vacation, check it out here.
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Winter Vacay Part I--Southern Vietnam
Blog: Thiessen Twosome Does Japan - 19 January 2011
Vacation this year was a tad bittersweet due to the fact that I had to leave my husband in the grips of work in Japan, but Vietnam beckoned and tempted, so it was away once again to Southeast Asia, this time being tackled on my own.The journey began in Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon as its still lovingly referred to by the people who live there), a maddening place full of motorbikes and noise pollution, and drowning in a sea of colors and scents:
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Lady in Ho Chi Minh City
Blog: A Lady in London - 18 January 2011
After almost three weeks of traveling in Asia, exhaustion started to overtake me. I had been to three countries—one of them three times—and had not spent more than three nights in any one place. But I still had another destination on my itinerary before my trip was over: Ho Chi Minh City. At first I [...]
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The Ghosts of Hué
Blog: Drifting Aimless - 16 January 2011
The tunnels of Vinh Moc …. 50 klicks south of the 17th parallel …. Charlie squats in the bush …. Khe Sanh …. Langdoc …. Hamburger Hill …. Hell on earth. There is nothing much left to say that anything ever happened here. The mist clings close to the hills around Hué bathing everything in [...]
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Halong Bay Cruise Boat Picture of the Week
Blog: Malaysia Asia - 15 January 2011
Halong Bay Cruise Boat is my Picture of the Week. I took this picture while I was on board another Vietnamese Junk Boat doing the day cruise around Halong Bay. During my trip there in April 2010, I went for both cruises - the Halong Bay Day Cruise and Halong Bay Overnight Cruise. The reason for this was that I wanted to fully experience the entire UNESCO World Heritage Site and it was something
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The First Time I Almost Died-Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
Blog: Todd's Wanderings - 12 January 2011
By the end of this story a number of people will be dead. The compact dirty white van left the tourist choked streets of Hanoi, Vietnam’s French Quarter early in the morning. We were a group of 10 strangers bound together by our desire to see the turquoise beauty of Ha Long Bay, and its breathtaking limestone islands thrusting out of the waters. We were also cheap, backpackers looking to save money but desperate to spend 3 days living on a boat, cruising the pearl culturing backwaters of Vietnam’s UNESCO World Heritage site, and exploring the natural caves dotting the area.
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Ho Chi Minh City – The Remnants of War
Blog: The Travel Project - 3 January 2011
A sobering day in Ho Chi Minh City visiting the Reunification Palace and War Remnants Museum. Related posts:Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh by Train The Contrasts of Hue Steady on Hanoi
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Fellow Travelers
Blog: Drifting Aimless - 2 January 2011
Finally I reached breaking point, the absurdity of the situation had become intolerable, I cracked first. “Ok, so what part of Ireland are you from then?” I had been talking to two Irish girls on the deck of the boat for the past ten minutes without either of us mentioning the big green elephant in [...]
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Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh by Train
Blog: The Travel Project - 1 January 2011
Our train ride from Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh City. A tale of feet, chaos and craziness.Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh by Train is a post from:
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Our World School: An End of Year Report
Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 30 December 2010
For anyone planning longterm travel with kids, anyone who would like to travel and is delaying having kids to do so, or any parents who would love to travel but...
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Partying in Nha Trang with a Hotdog
Blog: The Travel Project - 28 December 2010
A stunning train ride from Hue to the party town of Nha Trang in southern VietnamPartying in Nha Trang with a Hotdog is a post from:
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Sailing the Dragon Bay
Blog: Drifting Aimless - 26 December 2010
20th Nov “So…… did you watch the footie last night?”, it was phrase dropped in conversation with all the effect of some casually tossed hand-grenade. Even after all these years I winced like some traumatized war veteran at a twenty one gun salute. Can there be any greater shame than being young, male and having [...]
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Don’t Tread On Me
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 19 December 2010
Travelers coming through Vietnam either love or hate the place. While I was in Cambodia I’d met several people who’d just crossed the border and couldn’t have been more thrilled—“escaped Vietnam” was the term they used. After several weeks here … Continue reading →Don’t Tread On Me is a post from: Nilikuta Shani
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The Prettiest Train Ride I Slept Through
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 19 December 2010
Vietnam is a bigger country than most people expect, and backpackers will at some point find themselves traversing from one length to the other on some form of time-quickening transport—plane (for those who didn’t go bust in Hoi An), or … Continue reading →The Prettiest Train Ride I Slept Through is a post from: Nilikuta Shani
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Memorial Day on China Beach
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 19 December 2010
Hoi An, Vietnam, is known internationally for several things—cheap, made to order tailoring (there are well over 100 bespoke clothing stores here); it’s famous noodles, said to be made out of the local well-water; and for being a World Heritage … Continue reading →Memorial Day on China Beach is a post from: Nilikuta Shani
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Vietnam Getaway – Christmas in Halong Bay
Blog: Dawn Abroad - 11 December 2010
24 December 2009. In our attempt to escape a dull Christmas, we book ourself for an overnight trip to Halong Bay. We feel that spending the Christmas Eve on board of traditional Vietnamese Junk would be much better than staying in the capital. What we get is much more than simply tranquil Christmas, it is [...]
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Lake Lake
Blog: photito's blog - 7 December 2010
Lac Lake in Vietnam. Lake Nyasa in Malawi. Did you know they both mean Lake Lake? It’s the kind of interesting little anecdote that spices up your adventure. However, I have to ask myself – why do spectacular, natural lakes … Continue reading →
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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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Hue, the Cultural Heart of Vietnam
Blog: The Travel Project - 3 December 2010
Visiting the The Tombs of Hue and Thien Mu Pagoda in Hue Vietnam is a must do when you travel through Vietnam.Hue, the Cultural Heart of Vietnam is a post from:
