Vietnam - The love affair continues

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March 2nd 2011

Published: April 13th 2011

(M) After four indulgent days in Hoi An we reluctantly caught a bus down to Da Lat, famed in backpacking circles not so much for its scenery as for it being the home of the Easy Riders, a group of war veterans who do tours of the country on the back of their motorcycles, and whom we were seeking out for the next leg of our Vietnamese adventure. After the debacle of our cross-border bus journey int... Read Full Entry

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Living a Life Less Ordinary

MattandNina

Welcome to our travel blog! After almost ten years of rat-racing around in London, we have decided to ditch, well.... everything, to go explore the world. Having suitably begun our trip in the cradle of the world - Africa, our 15 month journey will see us hiking mountains in Peru, jungle trekking in Bolivia, wine tasting in Argentina, desert roaming in Chile, and beach bumming in Brazil.... after that, it's on to Bangkok, the gateway to South East Asia which we will explore for five months before heading to our final destination, Australia. To our friends - please feel free to add fee... full info

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...and just not doing much at all.

German anti-war poster

War remnants museum, Saigon

War remnants museum

Saigon

War remnants museum

Saigon

Reunification palace, Saigon

This is a replica of the tank that stormed the gates of the palace when the North Vietnamese took Saigon, and effectively won the war

Band rehearsal

Saigon

Notre Dame cathedral

0/10 for originality!

Downtown Saigon

Old communist poster shop

elixir anyone?

Comes with almost any combination of snakes and scorpions...

Getting friendly with the locals

Buying sunnies in Saigon

Every moped for himself!

Saigon

The calm before the storm

Saigon

De Tham, Central Saigon

Saigon nightlife

Cooling off at a Bia Hoi

Saigon

Chemical agent victims project

Outside Saigon

Some of their work

(made from crushed eggshells)

Hard at work

Tour guide extraordinaire

Cu Chi tunnels, outside Saigon

Bringing out the big guns

Cu Chi tunnels

14th April 2011

olivia
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kiss kiss
kiss kiss - ha ha hilarious cousin mathew!

18th April 2011

adam
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Surprised at...
...such a large....for once......etc....need I go on?

18th April 2011

Adsie........
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if you recognise these...
.....two idiots, this is their camera if you would like to buy it back for them. Moral of the oral, never ask a local to take a picture when you are more than a short stick away.

18th April 2011

Adsie
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I assume....
....that there is a hard haggled propaganda poster rolled up in your bag for me???xx

18th April 2011

adsie
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I refer to my last comment!!!!!!!
ok

18th April 2011

Close encounters of the...unwanted kind!

adsie
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Look at your face........
........bloody brilliant, a sort of fear, mixed with a bit if how do I not offend. Love it. Hey its your birthday today.....call that a birthday kiss and be done with it. It's happened,we know the real you...........! Well I thought we did.

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