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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 15 countries in Asia and Africa, 48 provinces in Vietnam, including 23 trips to Huế city. Egypt, India, Japan and Nepal are my love, and other favorite countries are Indonesia, Myanmar, China (6 times), Cambodia, Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, the Philippines, Laos (2 times), Malaysia (2 times), Singapore and Thailand (7 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."

My trips in 2009: Central Vietnam and Southern Laos in January => Nepal and Thailand in April => Điện Biên Phủ in June.

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.

Cuộc đời là những chuyến đi. Mỗi đất nước tôi đã từng đến thăm, mỗi nơi tôi từng đặt chân đến, ở đó không chỉ có phong cảnh thiên nhiên kỳ vĩ hay những công trình tuyệt tác của nghệ thuật và văn hoá, mà chính những con người tôi đã gặp trong mỗi chặng hành trình và sự thân thiện của họ đã để lại trong tôi những ấn tượng sâu đậm không bao giờ quên được.
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Điện Biên Phủ is a remote city inside the Mường Thanh valley in the north west of Vietnam, only 36.5km from the Lao border. The ethnic minority people living in this area are the Thai and H'mong. The city is famous for the site of the battle, where the French troops were defeated by Việt Minh (the League for the Independence of Vietnam - Việt Nam độc lập đồng minh hội) forces on 7 May 1954 after a 56-day siege, resulting in the end of the French rule in Vietnam (1858 - 1954) and its colonial control in Indochina. To a [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 30th 2009 | 124 Views | [diary=408977]

The most famous site
Memoirs of war
At Điện Biên Phủ museum

Bhaktapur, Nepal - April 2009
Bhaktapur, Nepal - April 2009
I am wearing Vietnamese traditional dress with pictures of Japanese girls wearing Kimono and Sakura flowers on the front and back panels.
Bhaktapur, also known as the City of Devotees, was the capital of Kathmandu valley during the 14th to 16th centuries. It's located about 35km east of Kathmandu. The city is filled with palaces, temples, statues and squares connected by a maze of largely pedestrian-only streets. This is one of the must sees in Nepal. At present, this city is a UNESCO world heritage site. Tuesday 28 April 2009 - Car came to pick us up at Nagarkot and we left for Bhaktapur. We travelled along an asphalt road and went down the mountains. I travelled from Nagarkot, as it was the [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 14th 2009 | 176 Views | [diary=397016]

A temple in Bhaktapur
With my Nepalese guide
A very old house

A Nepalese farmer
A Nepalese farmer
He is standing on the rice terrace paddie and talking with a woman. This shot was taken on my trek from Sundarijal to Chisapani.
It has been a week since I left Nepal, but every night in my dream, I still see myself walking in the mountains in Nepal. Is it because I have a connection with this country, or trekking in Nepal was one of the most interesting adventures that I will never forget? I think both of them are correct. I apologize for not being a great trekker, if you expected my article and photos would be so great like others with wonderful snowy mountain views. There are many routes for trekkers in Nepal, but after considering my health, time and money (air [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 11th 2009 | 238 Views | [diary=396694]

Kathmandu valley - April 2009
Nepalese children at a village
Truck to Nagarkot

By theRedRiver
May 6th 2009
Kathmandu Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu
A temple at Durbar square
A temple at Durbar square
This shot was taken at sunset on 25 April 2009 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Three years ago, after my great trip to India, I fell in love with the Indian Subcontinent and decided that the next country I wanted to visit would be Nepal. Finally, I made the trip and following is my story about another adventure in my life. 24 April 2009 - In Bangkok, I had a room at 1am and slept a few hours before going back to the airport for my connecting flight to Kathmandu. At 5am, I woke up and felt terrible stomachache. I guess I caught cold as I had cold shower and kept the fan going on all [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 6th 2009 | 359 Views | [diary=396160]

A temple at Indra Chowk
A temple at Pashupati area
One of old houses in Kathmandu

Sakura and Kimono
Sakura and Kimono
One of the 4 Sakura trees at the festival and 3 Vietnamese students wearing Kimono, standing near the stage.
Sunday 12 April 2009 - The Japan Sakura Festival 2009 was held at Quần Ngựa stadium to celebrate the 999th year anniversary of Hanoi city and to introduce Japanese culture to Vietnam. This was the 3rd festival in the last 3 years. The festival lasted 3 days (10-12 April), however we only could see real Sakura on the last day of the festival. 400 branches of Sakura and 400 carp flags were brought from Japan. It was estimated that about 200,000 people in Hanoi visited the place for watching Sakura as well as other cultural activities. The cherry blossoms (Sakura) this [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 13th 2009 | 360 Views | [diary=390127]

Japanese flags at the festival
At the festival
Doraemon

Tràng An nature reserve
Tràng An nature reserve
We left our boats to walk up 350 steps for visiting Trần temple on the mountain.
Saturday 4 April 2009 - It was our national holiday. I booked a one day trip (VND 320,000, about US$18) with Vietravel Company to visit Bái Đính pagoda and Tràng An nature reserve in Ninh Bình province (110km from Hanoi). Both places are new tourist destinations, so some road sections and work items are still under construction. I was at Bái Đính pagoda (which is the biggest pagoda in Vietnam) last year, so this time I took only some photos at the site. My major interest on this trip was Tràng An nature reserve as I'd not been there yet. After [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 7th 2009 | 245 Views | [diary=388353]

Tràng An nature reserve
Great view from Phủ Khống
On the way to Trần temple

The Temple of Literature in Hanoi
The Temple of Literature in Hanoi
Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám (built in 1070) was the first university of Vietnam. This is a very famous place in Hanoi.
The Vietnamese traditional dress, "Áo Dài", is one of the most elegant and beautiful dresses for women. It’s very simple, consisting of a close-fitting blouse, with long panels in the front and back, that is worn over loose white trousers. As a Vietnamese girl who loves to travel abroad, sometimes I bring an Áo Dài to travel with me. Whenever I wear it, my Áo Dài always attracts friendly looks from both locals and travellers. I once got a message from an Irish poster in the Thorn Tree travel forum. He wrote to me "You must get a wonderful reaction from [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 8th 2008 | 11016 Views | [diary=233918]

Mỹ Sơn sanctuary in central Vietnam
Sunset over the sea in Brunei
The Imperial Citadel in Huế city

Hạ Long bay
Hạ Long bay
One of the UNESCO world heritage sites in Vietnam. There are 1,969 islands in the bay.
Last week, a Travel Blog member said to me “Your blog is a bright statement of Vietnam”. I replied to him “There are the good and the bad everywhere in the world. I always show my respect for the people and countries I visit. Life is too short, so I try to think about the positive side”. And he agreed with me. My story will start with the meetings with 2 English men in Hanoi. The first English man visited Vietnam on 11 business trips during 3 years and he fell in love with Vietnam. I also attended the dinner farewell [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 1st 2009 | 509 Views | [diary=386375]

Cát Cát village, Sapa
Sapa
Suối Tiên, Mũi Né

Ongoing works
Ongoing works
Ceramic pieces are inlaid by the workers.
Other sections of the mosaic wall have been completed, so last Saturday 28 March I went to the site to take some more photos. Fortunately, I saw the ongoing works and some workers were inlaying ceramic pieces into the concrete wall. The pictures on some completed sections are of flowers, trees, typical houses in Hanoi's Old Quarter, waves, fishes swimming in the sea and artists playing traditional instruments. The most important section of the wall has a mosaic depicting a pair of dragons with figures "1010 - 2010" at Chương Dương intersection. 1010 was the year when Hanoi [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 30th 2009 | 276 Views | [diary=385985]

Picture of Hanoi's Old Quarter
Picture on the wall
Close up of dragon picture

Sunday 15 March 2009 - I travelled with my parents and their friends to Khoang Xanh and Thác Đa, which are located 50km from Hanoi's center. Both places are famous for the waterfalls and hot spring/mud bath services, however we are now in the dry season, so there are not much water at the waterfalls. We left Hanoi at 6:30am and arrived back on the same day at 6:30pm. I climbed up the rocks at Khoang Xanh, but there were not much to see so I decided to go down. The lake and another little waterfall are the places where I [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 16th 2009 | 296 Views | [diary=382062]

Khoang Xanh
Khoang Xanh
Rice fields



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