Vietnam

Vietnam

Asia » Vietnam
June 16th 2009

Published: August 29th 2009

Welcome to Vietnam -- at least Northern Vietnam -- where we spent a short, but happy week! We arrived in Hanoi at 2 am after leaving Laos on a bus at 6 am the morning before. We were happy to finally make it! Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and is a fascinating blend of East and West, with Chinese influence from centuries of dominance, and French design from its colonial past. Hanoi retains mu... Read Full Entry

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Halong Bay

A world heritage site...

Halong Bay

...with close to two thousand island pinnacles....

Halong Bay

...quite spectacular....

Halong Bay

...but lots of junky ´junks´!

Halong Bay

Caves with a psychadelic-colored light show

Halong Bay

Carlsbad Caverns with a 60s touch!

Halong Bay

A couple of junks

9th September 2009

Aunt Joan
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Natural wonders . . .
Hello, Heather Lee and Florian! Such natural wonders interspersed with significant culture, but, alas, singed with regretable history -- and yet the people go on . . . . Thank you for helping us see and understand. We await more sharing.... Love and Best Wishes, Aunt Joan

17th September 2009

Tom Kinberg
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What an adventure
What an adventure. I hope that you have stopped at every postoffice and picked up new issue stamps and will stop in lincoln city, oregon and drop them off in person. Hope to see you both when you get back to the states. Tom

21st September 2009

travelbugs
Heather & Florian

Left Vietnam
HI Tom, Greetings from Zurich/Switzerland. Our blog is a bit lagging our movement :). We are currently in Switzerland and Heather has started a job. Any plans to come to Germany and pay us a visit in Switzerland?

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