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MISCHIEF ON THE MEKONG Part Two...CAI DAI CU CHI

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Tay Ninh June 22nd 2013

MISCHIEF ON THE MEKONG Part Two...CAI DAI CU CHI. We Guests of Honour from OZ...attending a party tonight...Quynh's parents' Wedding Anniversary. Indian arm wrestle Shane for who'll be M.C. "O.K. Shane you can be M.C." "I've been to Toastmasters. I'll give our Acceptance Speech as well...O.K.?" "What? You've attended Toastmasters...you want to be M.C...and you want to do the Acceptance Speech as well...fair crack of the whip...flogging the old wallaby aren't you?" "What about me???" "Keep out of it Nick." "Shane & I'll have a dance off." "#%&" "What...you think that's unfair? I'll teach you unfair." "Come on boys...eat your breakfast...we've got a long day!" ******** We are in Bien Hoa...Nick & Quynh's home town...about an hour's drive from Ho Chi Minh City...great ... read more

Tây Ninh town - Bà Đen mountain - Cao Đài temple

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Tay Ninh June 5th 2013

Bà pagoda on Bà Đen mountain

theRedRiver

Sunday 26 May 2013 – I traveled with a Vietnamese friend and his family to Tây Ninh province which has border with Cambodia. This was my third visit to this province. In 1998, I traveled on a one day tour to Cao Đài temple and Củ Chi tunnels. In 2002, I traveled with some Japanese men in my company on a business trip for surveying the future Trans-Asia Highway. We traveled along a road which was close to Cambodia and stopped at a restaurant in Trảng Bàng town. By chance we met a very interesting person. The restaurant owner was brother of Kim Phúc who was the famous napalm girl in the photo which was then awarded Pulitzer prize in 1972. He was also in the photo (the boy wearing white shirt and running on the ... read more

Bánh canh Trảng Bàng (noodle soup with pork)

Im Namen von Buddha, Jesus und Victor Hugo

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Tay Ninh January 3rd 2010

Der Tempel in der Gesamtansicht

Das Klo

In Saigon nahm ich wieder an einer Tour teil, die im Gegensatz zu der Tour in Hue aber nur zwei Ziele hatte und dadurch nicht solch einen Abfertigungscharakter hatte. Diese Ziele waren zum einen die Tunnel von Cu Chi, die ich in einem späteren Blogeintrag thematiieren werde, und zum anderen der Tempel der Cao Dai. Der Caodaismus ist eine ausschließlich in Vietnam existierende Religionsgemeinschaft. Sie wurde 1925 gegründet und ist mit 2-3 Millionen Anhängern die drittgrößte Religion des Landes nach Buddhismus und (mit großem Abstand) Katholizismus. Trotzdem ist die fast ausschließlich im Süden praktizierte Religion auch den meisten Vietnamesen ein Rätsel. Der Caodaismus versucht, mehrere Weltreligionen zu vereinigen, darunter Christentum, Buddhismus, Taoismus und Konfuzianismus. Gott ("Cao Dai") soll sich der Menschheit in verschiedenen Phasen offenbart haben. Unter den Heiligen... read more

Eye Spy

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Tay Ninh July 18th 2009

Vietnam 126

dmcoe1975

So I finally decided to book one of the tours I had been planning on doing, not bad for 4 weeks in to my trip. I have enjoyed seeing the sites of Ho Chi Minh City but it was time to venture a little further away, starting with Tay Ninh. My hotel had been very helpful in organising the excursion through Saigon Tourist for me. Although there are many other good tour groups (Sinh Cafe being one of the most recommended), I had previously been warned that you get what you pay for and hence opted for the higher end group. This was an all inclusive trip, that being bus, English speaking guide, lunch and entry fees. With many of the other groups, the guide will get you to the destination but then you have to ... read more

It's hot out of the city...!

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Tay Ninh May 1st 2008

Picture anyone?

Princess K

What a start to the day...or rather what an end to yesterday. Caroline and I sat up chatting til nearly 2 this morning, despite the fact I had an alarm call in order to meet my trip at 0815. Up and about fresh as a daisy five hours after going to bed I should've known something was going to go a little wrong. I made myself some sarnies (having been warned how bad the food was likely to be for lunch) and sorted out my laundry, had breakfast and generally chilled. Then I remembered I had to be somewhere.. a mad dash and on the back of a xe om (that's a scooter taxi, but actually translates as 'motorbike hug'!) Hmm.. this won't surprise any of you who know me, but I arrived just as the ... read more

Brief history of Vietnam

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc...more history

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