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Published: May 9th 2008May 9th 2008
French Home
The house on the left is Jim's favorite.
One of the things interesting to us is the French Colonial archetecture in some of the homes here. We are adding some pictures to show this style.
Be sure to check our video of a musician playing a traditional Vietnamese string/percusion instrument.
More later,
Jim and Ann
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Date: 10th May 2008
Way too much fun
Hi Reida and Gloria - yes you are right we are having a great experience and actually learning some things we were not aware of. We are difinately getting an education. A lot of the pictures we are sending are just hours old in some cases as in yesterday's post from Halong Bay. The tap water here is not recommended for drinking but bottle water is provided by the hotels and is available everywhere. This is prodominately true troughout all asian countries. As to the saltwater or rivers, they tend to look murky close to the coast and upstream. The islands however, being off shore, have very clean saltwater unless it has been stirred up by the weather. Wishing you and Gloria a happy birthday and understand your need to get warmed up. Wish we could send you some of our heat, less the humidity. Have a drink on us, Jim and Ann
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Way too much fun
Hi Reida and Gloria - yes you are right we are having a great experience and actually learning some things we were not aware of. We are difinately getting an education. A lot of the pictures we are sending are just hours old in some cases as in yesterday's post from Halong Bay. The tap water here is not recommended for drinking but bottle water is provided by the hotels and is available everywhere. This is prodominately true troughout all asian countries. As to the saltwater or rivers, they tend to look murky close to the coast and upstream. The islands however, being off shore, have very clean saltwater unless it has been stirred up by the weather. Wishing you and Gloria a happy birthday and understand your need to get warmed up. Wish we could send you some of our heat, less the humidity. Have a drink on us, Jim and Ann
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Date: 10th May 2008
Ha Long Bay Tour
Did you book the cruise before getting to Ha long or did you pick up the cruise when you were there. We are coming over in 3 months. What cost was the cruise ? Peter
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Ha Long Bay Tour
Did you book the cruise before getting to Ha long or did you pick up the cruise when you were there. We are coming over in 3 months. What cost was the cruise ? Peter
From Blog: Ha Long Bay tour
Date: 10th May 2008
Halong Bay tour
Peter - we booked our tour through the hotel - Halong Plaza Hotel - We did the deluxe boat seven hour trip. Not sure if other hotels have the exact itinerary or not but there are probably many possibilities. The cost was $280 for us to have the whole boat to ourselves. There are overnight cruises available for 2-3 days or more. I would not book until you get here because if you want an overnight cruise, you do not want to have booked a hotel room for the same period of time. Write if you need more information. There are probably over 500 boats available so no issue of everything being booked. You should look up Halong Bay tours on the internet to get some idea of availability. We did see some high end boat cruises advertized in magazines throughout Vietnam as well as on Vietnam Airways.
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Halong Bay tour
Peter - we booked our tour through the hotel - Halong Plaza Hotel - We did the deluxe boat seven hour trip. Not sure if other hotels have the exact itinerary or not but there are probably many possibilities. The cost was $280 for us to have the whole boat to ourselves. There are overnight cruises available for 2-3 days or more. I would not book until you get here because if you want an overnight cruise, you do not want to have booked a hotel room for the same period of time. Write if you need more information. There are probably over 500 boats available so no issue of everything being booked. You should look up Halong Bay tours on the internet to get some idea of availability. We did see some high end boat cruises advertized in magazines throughout Vietnam as well as on Vietnam Airways.
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Date: 12th May 2008
I didnt know the crew were illegal (in our eyes) and had no safety training! A perfect example of a same same but different trip to mine, what a great place! Ill be seeing you guys later Claire x
From Blog: Ha Long Bay tour
I didnt know the crew were illegal (in our eyes) and had no safety training! A perfect example of a same same but different trip to mine, what a great place! Ill be seeing you guys later Claire x
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Date: 12th May 2008
Hanoi
Hi Chaire - the message was taken incorrectly at our hotel. We tried to get a hold of you and the hotel did not have room 203 or know your name. Please contact us again 84 4 845 2270 and leave a new message for room 1419. Jim and Ann Blanchard
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Hanoi
Hi Chaire - the message was taken incorrectly at our hotel. We tried to get a hold of you and the hotel did not have room 203 or know your name. Please contact us again 84 4 845 2270 and leave a new message for room 1419. Jim and Ann Blanchard
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Date: 11th May 2010
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Way to Much Fun
You guy's sound like you are having a wonderful experience. I am loving the pictures and all the great information you send. It's a great education for all of us at your expense! And Knowing that the pictures are within days old. Is the water dirty or is it clean? I am in Arizon today and off to Reno tomorrow. Helping Gloria close up and move back for the summer. And celebrating our Birthday's Again. Really needed to get warmed up as it has not really been warm enough for me in the Pondo.Have a wonderful day. Reida
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