Good Morning Vietnam!
 This time last year we'd not long been home from our trip around India and Nepal and were busy dreaming up our next adventure. Trans Siberian Railway, Bolivia and Peru, South Africa and Botswana were all ideas that got thrown about, all of which sounded great, but a lot could change in the next 12 months we thought... and a lot has. I got a "proper job" and we both moved into our own place, meaning time off and more importantly, money wasn't as easy to come by anymore. Never the less we managed to have a weekend in Stockholm, a week skiing in Val D'Isere and a trip to Glastonbury so things weren't looking so bad. In June the next trip was booked, its been a long, long wait but finally the 29th October arrived and we're off. This time to Vietnam for three weeks exploring a country with one of the most violent pasts in history, some of the best food in Asia and (reportedly) the cheapest draught lager in the world, Bia Hoi!!! |
Our latest 5 diary entries
| 15th Nov 2009 | ||||
| The Death Of A Loved One! | ||||
| Day one in Koh Tao was spent lazing on the beach and reading and just really winding down from the epic journey we'd had the day before. I was now back running on 100% and was loving being back at the beach. So many... | ||||
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| 11th Nov 2009 | ||||
| The Epic Journey To Koh Tao | ||||
| A delayed flight and a half hour wait for a coach, we arrived in Bangkok around half 2. We headed straight for a travel agent and tried to book a bus and boat to Koh Tao that night. That took all of two minutes and... | ||||
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| 10th Nov 2009 | ||||
| Missing the Mekong for Mike!! | ||||
| Having looked around at things to do in HCMC we decided we'd go to the Mekong Delta for the day and spend some time on a boat going up and down the jungle lined rivers. It all seemed like a great idea... unitl....Tu... | ||||
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| 9th Nov 2009 | ||||
| Ho Chi Minh City | ||||
| Or Saigon depending on where your from....We did the sensible thing, knowing that we would be arriving in the city late in the evening we called ahead and booked a room and airport transfer. There was something str... | ||||
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| 8th Nov 2009 | ||||
| A day on the waterfront | ||||
| Finally getting everything sorted out at our last fitting we had a day to kill in Hoi An. We had noticed that the river had gone back and that now you could walk up and down the waterfront. We went for a few drinks ... | ||||
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