July 23rd 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City So arriving in Vietnam was definitely a bit of an adventure. Our agency that issued us our vietnamiese visas said that we could bring a credit card to pay for the visa on arrival. Appearantly that was ... 10 photos[full story]
July 25th 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnamese brands:
Honda = Hongda
Bebe = eBeB
Puma = Pima
Why worry about Copyright infringement if you're still gonna keep the same logo. ie. Honda wings, Puma picture.
People here represent a ... [full story]
July 2nd 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City To be honest at the start of the trip, Lee and I were going to give Saigon a miss. Turns out though that Andrew Lloyd Webber already did it 30 years ago. Thangyouverymuch, I'm here 'til Thursday.
D ... 29 photos[full story]
July 23rd 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City The verdict: Jordan is fan of this city. Lindsay is too, but not so much.
It would be an understatement, in English or any other language, to call Ho Chi Minh City "chaotic." It is, in fact, far ... 3 photos[full story]
July 7th 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City We found these names to be interchangeable, as we see both written everywhere. The bus ride from Phnom Penh was pretty painless, and it of course dropped us right in the middle of the land of backpack ... 20 photos[full story]
July 23rd 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City
So I went with BJ to my work today because her mom knows my mom and the aunt that is married to my uncle/boss. Normal stufff. Had a walk through, then we went to a nice cafe with the typical palm fr ... [full story]
July 9th 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City So we landed in Ho Chi Minh city and within 1 min of leaving the airport we were already overcharged on our taxi, something we would have to get used to in the coming weeks. The first thing we notice ... 21 photos[full story]
July 22nd 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City Friday (11/07)
Went to a bar called yokos with some people from work (ive travelled thousands of miles and have made friends with some americans, canadians, south Africans, but still find that I do ... [full story]
July 21st 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City We are now in Vietnam and have been for nearly a week, we are staying with a friend in Ho Chi Minh city. Hanh, who we know from Bristol has very kindly been putting us up at her house which frankly ha ... 20 photos[full story]
July 21st 2008Asia » Vietnam » Southeast On Monday we visited Thu's grandfather. The trip takes about two hours from our little village, but I don't remember the name of the place where he lives. Her grandfather moved back here from the St ... 2 photos[full story]
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