Fear and loathing in Vietnam...

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July 31st 2007

Published: August 29th 2007

31 July - 19 August: Ahh Vietnam. The endless months of dreaming of edible food, gorgeous landscapes and pretending I'm not really American (we opted for Swiss German... what, it's funny!)... I have to say, we were not prepared for the tourism circus that is Vietnam. And the food is really not what I expected... everything is deep fried! Huh? As we overheard a Canadian traveller succinctly say... Read Full Entry

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Booby trap

Swinging door booby trap

yowza!

How they dug the tunnels

Evie in the tunnels

These tunnels were WIDENED for us to go thru. Normally they were only 3 feet tall.

Sea of motorbikes

in HCMC. It's a tsunami on two wheels.

Crazy House

Crazy House in Da Lat

This is an ongoing architectural wonder in Da Lat. Crazy daughter of ex Prime Minister keeps adding crazy rooms to this huge house in Da Lat. Quite cool.

Crazy House

Crazy House garden

With artsy spider's web

The Bear Room

It's a chimney!

Crazy hallway

(Rainy) View of Da Lat

"Eiffel Tower" in Da Lat

yet not ONE French restaurant in town! Weird.

Me and Evie in Crazy House

Crazy House

Da Lat views

Buddhist Pagoda

high on a mountain top in DaLat

Buddhist Pagoda

Bonsai Trees

at the pagoda

30th August 2007

Chris
non-member comment

Great Title
Couldn't agree more. Just got into the worst argument with a deceitful mototaxi driver here in Hanoi. Should've gone to Laos and drank BeerLao by the river! Wish I were there with you guys!

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