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Hanoi_girl I am a Hanoi_girl who loves to travel. I work for a Japanese construction company and have travelled in 14 countries in Asia and Africa, 48 provinces in Vietnam, including 22 trips to Hue city. Egypt, India and Japan are my love, and other favorite countries are Indonesia, Myanmar, China (6 times), Cambodia, Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, the Philippines, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand (6 times). I visited all countries in South East Asia except East Timor.

I'm still young and very happy as I've been to some wonders of the world: the Pyramids and the Pharos in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India, the Great Wall in China, the Borobudur temple in Indonesia, the Angkor temples in Cambodia, the 3,000 temples in Bagan - Myanmar, the Plain of Jars in Laos, the Stone Forest in south west China etc. The modern cities like Tokyo, Yokohama, Dubai, Hongkong, Shanghai and Singapore also attracted me. I like this saying: "Go as far as you can see, and when you get there, you'll see farther."

2008 is an interesting year for me. Regardless of my busy work on the construction site, I've done 9 trips during the first 7 months of the year.

The blogs below are my travel stories in some countries (Egypt, India, Japan, Indonesia, Myanmar and others), mostly as a solo traveller. I hope I can share my feelings and experiences by writing about the trips and also about Vietnam.
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By theRedRiver
July 14th 2008

Sầm Sơn beach

 Asia » Vietnam
Sầm Sơn beach
Sầm Sơn beach
A great view of the beach when I am standing at the rear of Độc Cước temple.
Last weekend (10 - 13 July 2008), I travelled with my family to Sầm Sơn beach and relaxed for a few days. The beach, which is located 180km south of Hanoi, is a popular destination for north Vietnamese during the summer time (from May to July). During the other period, there are few tourists going to this beach due to the typhoons and cold water during the winter. In fact, the beaches in northern Vietnam are not as good as the ones in other parts of Vietnam. Although the distance from Hanoi to the beach is only 180km, it took us [View Full Entry]

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Fishing boats
Độc Cước temple
A bungalow at ecological zone

Sukhothai, Thailand - June 2008
Sukhothai, Thailand - June 2008
This shot was taken on my birthday 26 June 2008 at Sukhothai Historical Park, Thailand. I was wearing a Vietnamese traditional dress and next to me was a conical hat that I also brought from Vietnam.
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, I spent the day and night travelling from Hanoi to Sukhothai by plane, bus and motorbike. Let me list what means of transport I travelled by: 2 buses from my house to Nội Bài international airport => 2 hour flight from Hanoi to Bangkok => shuttle bus from Suvarnahbumi international airport to the bus terminal => van from the bus terminal to a bus stop near Morchit bus station => motorbike (without helmet) from the bus stop through a village to Morchit bus station => waiting 4 hours at the North/Northeast Bus Terminal => 7 hour night [View Full Entry]

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Wat Si Chum
Samradeng (3-wheel motorbike)
Wat Si Chum

By theRedRiver
June 30th 2008

The Grand Palace

 Asia » Thailand » Central » Bangkok
Saturday, 28 June 2008, my last day in Bangkok. I had nothing to do in the morning until I checked out my guest house and went to the airport, so I decided to visit the Grand Palace on my own. My last visit to the place was 7 years ago, in April 2001, so it was good to be back there and take some photos for my blog. The Grand Palace complex was established in 1782. It seems a must-go place for every tourist in Bangkok. There were too many tourists at the Grand Palace. I miss so much the peaceful [View Full Entry]

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The guards are marching at 10am
The Grand Palace - June 2008
The Grand Palace - June 2008

Lotus flowers on a bike
Lotus flowers on a bike
This shot was taken at 6am at a lotus lake in Hanoi.
Sunday 15 June 2008, I woke up at 5am and rode my motorbike to the West Lake. Around that area, there are many flower villages. I went to one of them, which is located near the West Lake Water Park, in order to take photos of a lotus lake and some activities that only take place in the early hours of the morning. The lotus season in Hanoi starts from June and lasts 3 months. Every morning, from 5am to 7am, the local residents, who own the lotus lakes, tour around the lakes on very small boats (in Vietnamese, we call [View Full Entry]

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The lotus lake in Hanoi
Lotus flowers on a bike
The lotus lake in Hanoi

Hạ Long bay - June 2008
Hạ Long bay - June 2008
I promised our tour guide, who helped me take this shot, that it would be the first image in my blog.
Sunday 1 June 2008, we left Hanoi at 8am and arrived at Hạ Long bay at 11:30am in the rain. This is my 7th visit to Hạ Long bay, however my most recent trip was already 5 years ago. After I was back in Hanoi from Guilin last month, I decided to make a trip to Hạ Long bay for taking photos. Often I travelled to Hạ Long bay or Cát Bà island for at least 2-3 days, but this time I decided to book a one day trip with a travel agent in Hanoi’s Old Quarter. After a 5 hour [View Full Entry]

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Hạ Long bay
Hạ Long bay
Hạ Long bay

By theRedRiver
May 3rd 2008

Jing Xiu Shan park

 Asia » China » Guangxi » Nanning
Long Xiang tower - May 2008
Long Xiang tower - May 2008
Here I am again at Long Xiang tower (tháp Long Tượng). I used to visit the tower 8 years ago in April 2000 and this year I am back here with my traditional dress. Time flies... I didn't thi... [more]
Here I am again at the Jing Xiu Shan park (công viên Thanh Tú Sơn) in Nanning, China. On my first visit to Nanning 8 years ago (in April 2000), I also spent a morning visiting the park and liked the place so much that this time when I returned to Nanning, I asked the Chinese tour guide to organize a trip for us to the park. Some people on the tour had not been there yet. I told them it was a great place to visit. Each of us paid 60 Yuan to the Chinese tour guide and driver. They [View Full Entry]

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Guan Gong statue (Quan Công)
Jing Xiu Shan park
Feng Huang tower

By theRedRiver
May 2nd 2008

Guilin city

 Asia » China » Guangxi » Guilin
Olympic Games - Beijing 2008
Olympic Games - Beijing 2008
One of the ads on the way to Lu Di Yan cave in Guilin.
We arrived in Guilin at 1:00pm. It took us 5 hours to travel by bus from Nanning to Guilin (500km). Our first impression on the city is the sweet osmanthus trees on both sides of the streets and we saw them everywhere in the city. Guilin means "forest of sweet osmanthus" (Quế Lâm). 80% of the trees in this city are sweet osmanthus trees, 20% are peach trees and others. Our Chinese tour guide pointed at a board on the roof of a large building and said "There are 2 rivers and 4 lakes in Guilin." Guilin is located in the [View Full Entry]

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Simple boats on the Li river
Elephant Trunk Hill
Guilin city

Lunch in Guilin
Lunch in Guilin
Our last meal before leaving Guilin and back to Nanning.
The Chinese food in this blog are the food that we had at breakfasts (buffets), lunches and dinners on my 4-day tour (from 30 April to 3 May 2008) in Guilin and Nanning, China. 6 people shared a table and there were 8-9 dishes. The lunches and dinners included pork, chicken, duck meat, fish, tofu, egg, vegetable, rice, soup, noodles and fruit (orange or watermelon). The locals often put a lot of oil (dầu hào) into their fried food. As for breakfasts, we had buffets at our hotel. Mantou (bánh bao), rice porridge and Xiangtiao (quẩy) are traditional Chinese food. I [View Full Entry]

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Chinese noodle
Guilin beer
Mangoes

By theRedRiver
April 30th 2008

Nanning city

 Asia » China » Guangxi » Nanning
Baobab trees
Baobab trees
Baobab trees (imported from Africa) at Nanhu park in Nanning.
I’m just back in Hanoi after travelling 1,800 km by bus between Hanoi and Guilin. On the way to Guilin, I had to stay for a couple of nights in Nanning. I travelled to Nanning for the first time in April 2000, ie 8 years ago. Nanning is the capital city of Guangxi province. The majority of ethnic people in this province are the Zhuang people (Khu tự trị dân tộc Choang, tỉnh Quảng Tây). As Guangxi and Yunnan provinces are bordering with Vietnam and I travelled on a tour, I didn’t use my passport and apply for a Chinese visa. [View Full Entry]

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Restaurant where we had lunch
Friendship Pass (Hữu Nghị Quan)
Entry and exit permit to China

By theRedRiver
April 21st 2008

A photo model in Sapa

 Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Sapa
Sapa - April 2008
Sapa - April 2008
I am sitting on Hàm Rồng mountain and enjoying a great view of Sapa city below, as well Fansipan mountain far away.
I travelled in Sapa for the first time in April 1998, ie exactly 10 years ago. At that time, I travelled by bus, 12 hours from Hanoi to Sapa (Never again!). Last weekend, I returned to Sapa, but this time I travelled with my parents and their friends. We travelled by night train from Hanoi to Lào Cai (approx. 350km, 8 hours by train), then we got a bus to Sapa (38km, an hour by bus). Things have changed much during the last 10 years since my first visit, but the place is always beautiful with its mountain and rice terrace [View Full Entry]

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Flower garden on Hàm Rồng mountain
Sapa church
Sapa



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