November 6th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
Predictable title I know, but I’ve always wanted a purpose to say that! So, we are in HCMC, actually to be precise I am writing this from the worlds coolest bus, seriously, it’s a sleeper ... [full story]

October 28th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
We arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) or Saigon at around 2pm after a pretty reasonable bus journey. The locals still like to call it Saigon because the Southern Vietnamese are not as communist a ... 35 photos [full story]

October 28th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
Hello again, Firstly thanks for all the blog love I've been getting, glad you guys are liking the blog. I'm just happy to share our adventures and some pictures. Anyways, last time it was Northe ... 12 photos [full story]

October 29th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
Day 17 - Ho Chi Minh An early wake up call and we were off to the Cu Chi Tunnels. We stopped halfway there to take a toilet break and look at some art work and furniture done by the handicapped peopl ... 7 photos [full story]

October 28th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
Day 16 - Ho Chi Minh Today was a relaxing day. Xuan took us to Ben Thanh markets where we had lunch. Justin and Pepsi had to buy Xuan and I lunch because we won a bet from the night before :D Afte ... 4 photos [full story]

October 27th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
Day 15 - Ho Chi Minh Our last day in Thailand. Justin and I waited at the hotel while Pepsi went to pick up his suit. The suit place was 20 mins away by taxi and somehow Pepsi took over 2 hours to ge ... 2 photos [full story]

October 30th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
We cruised up the Gulf of Tonkin into Ha Long Bay on a misty morning. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ha Long Bay is a place of stunning splendor, filled with mythical legends. This area, south of Han ... 17 photos [full story]

October 18th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
Next stop on our tour of Vietnam was Ho Chi Min City itself, formally known as Saigon and fondly still called Saigon by all the locals, in fact we think it is only tourists who call it good old HCMC!! ... 28 photos [full story]

October 28th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
While the PRC celebrated its 60th anniversary we took advantage of the week long holiday and buggered off to Vietnam. A short 3 and a half hour hop, or so we thought. After boarding the plane on tim ... 22 photos [full story]

October 24th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
Following the French Conquest of Cochinchina and Saigon, the Roman Catholic Church established religious services for the French colonialist in an abandoned Vietnamese pagoda. That was too small so t ... 50 photos [full story]