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Vietnam, Mekong Delta |
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... we took a 3-day bus&boat trip in the Mekong river to get to HoChiMin city - the former Saigon. Nice.
... 1st day: mini bus to bus. bus to boat. boat to borders. boat to no man's land. Walk into Vietnam. Boat to town. Homestay Guesthouse. walk 2km up the 'mountain', |
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Vietnam, Saigon |
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...driving experience No2. you just can't imagine how crazy they drive and how many thousands of motorbikes are on the streets! actually there are very few cars - people can't afford them. So, you just see thousands of bicycles and small motorbikes (papia) or few huge jeeps. Nothing in-between. Other foreigners |
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Vietnam, Mui Ne |
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... time to leave the city and get some tan!
...Mui Ne has a beautiful long sandy beach, full of coco trees (never seen so many!), sand dunes - but they don't do buggy rides on them or on the beach like in brazil... :-(-, green rice fields surrounded by coco trees |
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Vietnam, Nha Trang |
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... so what's next? Mountain or Sea? Both voted for the sea again! So Dalat, the mountain will wait till next time... in the book guide it said sth like being a kitsh place loved by honeymooners.. not exactly our kind of thing...
... Nha Trang is a party city with |
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Vietnam, Hoi An |
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... decided to spend Tet - the New Lunar Year Holiday in Hoi An, a small beautiful town in central Vietnam, a Unesco world heritage. It's by the Thu Bor river, has a lively and very busy local market, selling tons of flowers for Tet celebrations, pretty French colonial houses, full |
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Vietnam, Hanoi |
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... fed up with buses... the last one from Nha Trang to Hoi An was a night killer, poor yannis had to fold to fit! so decided to fly to Hanoi. feels luxury. great.
... on the plane we met friends of friends back home, once again: what a small world!
... guyyyyyyyyyys! |
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Vietnam, Sapa |
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Hanoi - Lao Cai night train, VIP coupe, me fanaraki. The train passes almost through the small houses by the track. Dawn on the way. Lao Cai, mini-van (equipped with a horn with echo and fade-out effects, very popular in Sapa). What will the weather be like? Where is our guide? |
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Vietnam, Halong Bay |
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Mini-van to Halong City and the small boat takes us to our luxurious boat, sail to the big cave and then to the lagoon. Swimming, brrrrr, its cold but we can't miss it... gourmet dinner and then star-bathing on the top deck. Next morning we sail around the limestone formations, pass |
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