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| 14th July 2008 dog gone | By the seaside... - From: Sầm Sơn beach Interesting blog entry. Nice narrative; great pictures. Thank you! |
| 2nd July 2008 Rob_n_Lorenza | Belated birthday wishes - From: My birthday in Sukhothai Belated happy birthday - it looks like you enjoyed it |
| 1st July 2008 Franco | - From: My birthday in Sukhothai Great brithday gift. Looks like a beautiful place with colorful history. |
| 1st July 2008 Jan V | A great blog again - From: My birthday in Sukhothai Sukhothai looks like a great place to visit. You looked great in your orange Ao Dai. |
| 18th June 2008 Rob_n_Lorenza | "Go as far as you can see, and when you get there, you'll see farther." - From: The lotus season in Hanoi That is a great quote on your profile. Great blogs & photos! DOn't stop writing they are very interesting. |
| 18th June 2008 Franco | - From: The lotus season in Hanoi Haha-good thing you can speak Japanese. Same thing happen when I asked an elderly man to take my photo with me and a tree. Every the photo came out with the tree but not me in it. Your Lotus there are 4 times as large as those here in Hawaii. |
| 16th June 2008 gecko | Nice blog - From: Hạ Long bay Love the blog very much. Ha Long bay is wonderful. I was there 7 years ago. Cannot wait to come back. Miss Ha Noi so much too. An Hanoian. |
| 3rd June 2008 Vicky | Beautiful - From: Hạ Long bay I love the blog you have about Ha Long Bay. I just wanted to say hi and to thank you for the lovely pictures you have in your blog. Beautiful. |
| 2nd June 2008 dog gone | Lovely Photos - From: Hạ Long bay Nice blog. I was at Ha Long Bay about 10 days ago...we had sunshine. It was beautiful! Viet Nam is a wonderful country. |
| 23rd May 2008 lulu | about your essay - From: Brunei Darussalam - the Abode of Peace i would like to thank to you because of writing an essay about my country,Brunei Darussalam. i love my country!!!!! once again, thank you very much. |
| 9th May 2008 Qui | - From: My favorite food in Hanoi Nhin hinh ma thuc an ma them. I'll be going to Ha Noi for the very first time in June. Your blog entries are very helpful. |
| 7th May 2008 Franco | - From: Jing Xiu Shan park The Red and white Ao Dai you wore in Guilin was very pretty and with the nice backdrop, it was like a calendar photo. Your blog really shows your love for travelling and sharing your joy. |
| 7th May 2008 deleted_71787 | Be hungry - From: Chinese food on the tour Hmm! Even if in the night .Oh It made me hungry!! Thailand Hotel Reservation |
| 7th May 2008 dog gone | Interesting blog - From: Jing Xiu Shan park Another beautiful Áo Dài... Thank you for sharing your trip story. Hope to see you in Hanoi. Matt |
| 7th May 2008 dog gone | Lovely Pictures! - From: Guilin city (TP Quế Lâm) Your colorful dress truly brightens up the gloomy Guilin Landscape. Great blog entry! |
| 25th April 2008 Leah | - From: A photo model in Sapa Hi Hongha, you should have set up your blog long time ago...but never too late since you have so much to write & contribute. I used to read about your contribution on Lonely Planet. I visited Hanoi after Christmas in 2007 but only stayed four days. Went to Halong 2D1N. Enjoyed Halong Bay cruise very much. Something differnt staying on a junk boat. The weather was cold & windy in the open sea. Other than that, everything was just wonderful. Saw Hanoi people welcoming new year. I plan to visit Sapa next time & your write up on Sapa is helpful. Keep writing. |
| 23rd April 2008 dog gone | Excellent Blog Entry - From: A photo model in Sapa As alway, great story and interesting, well-done photos! matt |
| 21st April 2008 Franco | Cat Cat Village - From: Cát Cát village So glad you keeping up the traditions and continue to wear the Ao Dai. We have Vietnamese here in Hawaii, but rarely see them worn anymore. I was a soldier station in Qui Nhon during '63-'64, and always felt Vietnam had good potential for Tourism due to it's unique culture, friendly people and natural beauty. I'm glad times are happier now and people can enjoy life again and are visiting there. I didn't realize there were so many Minorities in Vietnam. The photos of them are so colorful and interesting and they seem so unspoiled by Western influences. Also the artwork you posted on previous blog is so colorful and varied from what I saw in Vietnam and in the local Vietnamese Shops. I especially like the traditional Mother of Pearl in-laid sceneries. |
| 21st April 2008 Bryan | - From: Cát Cát village xin ¹p nhiÁu nhiÁu! |
| 15th April 2008 hoang tran | - From: Đền Hùng (the Temple of Kings Hùng) Wonderful! I did learn about Hung Vuong when I was young but have forgotten many details. It's time to do my homework again I guess. Another place for me to visit when I go to Hanoi. Thanks. |
| 10th April 2008 Franco | - From: Bát Tràng ceramic village Very interesting. |
| 7th April 2008 htran | - From: Hanoi Hanoi is quite beautiful and full of history. We were planning to go to Hanoi/ Ha Long Bay for 2 days but decided against that because we figured that it'd a week to see all ( most) of Hanoi/ Ha long. Well, Ha noi will have to wait until the next trip... |
| 7th April 2008 htran | - From: Tết 2008 in Hanoi Wonderful memory I had about Tet in VN , I really miss it. We used to cook banh chung in a big aluminum vat which took about 10-12 hours ( in the US, we used a pressure cooker which cooks in about 2-3 hours, just not the same!). The atmosphere was just magical, esp. during the days before Tet. I will have to make a trip 1 year back to VN just for this. Thanks for the blog. |
| 7th April 2008 htran | - From: A day at work Thanks for your wonderful blogs and pictures. I am travelling to VN this summer ( first trip back in 25 years). I am trying to catch up on information re. VN since my memory/knowledge of VN is way out of date. Looks like you have an interesting job esp. the travelling part. Also interesting to see the workers exercising in the morning( or is it more stretching/warming up?) since I assume that their works are likely a good exercise by themselves. |
| 7th April 2008 dog gone | Arigato gozaimasu - From: Japan Sakura Festival 2008 Once again, a well done and interesting blog entry. Great pictures, too! Thank you Ms. RedRiver... Arigato gozaimasu |
| 1st April 2008 dog gone | Once again... - From: Chùa Hương (the Perfume Pagoda) Interesting blog, great pictures! Thanks, m j a |
| 1st April 2008 Deirdre | April 1st 2008 powerful memorial - From: Welcome to Vietnam! That's a very powerful memorial on Huu Tiep pond. You can go there on the way back from the ethnographic museum on the no 14 bus. You get off the bus, walk down a little lane and it's there, surrounded by people's houses and a school! It's one of the few things in Hanoi that reminds you of that time. |
| 29th March 2008 theRedRiver | Live traditional music in Hanoi - From: Vietnamese water puppets I suggest you to visit Cheo Hanoi Theatre (Nha hat Cheo Hanoi) at No. 15, Nguyen Dinh Chieu st., Hanoi, Tel: 84-4-9437361. There are some shows every week, starting from 8pm. Cheo is a special art form of northern Vietnam. The word "Cheo" means “lyrics of folk ballads, proverbs”. The music is similar to the one you heard at the Thang Long Water Puppet Theater. |
| 28th March 2008 Ned | WATER PUPPETS - From: Vietnamese water puppets I've been to Hanoi seven times, but only got round to seeing the water puppets for the first time in March. It was fantastic! Can't think why i did'nt go before. The skill of the puppetters is amazing. It was so funny! I also love the traditional Vietnamese music. Do you know of any places in Hanoi where there is live traditional music apart from the expensive tourist restaurants and hotels? |
| 25th March 2008 Jackie | Thanks - From: My favorite food in Hanoi thanks for taking the time to post this looking forward to our trip. |
| 24th March 2008 nomad_ninja | cool - From: Festival by Manila bay i enjoy readin your blogs and checking out the pictures... you should also visit the south... start with cebu... enjoy travelling! |
| 22nd March 2008 dog gone | Excellent! - From: The 22nd trip to Huế city Beautiful city, lovely photos. Thank you for sharing this. m |
| 20th March 2008 dog gone | fantastic! - From: My favorite food in Hanoi Great blog...makes me want to go to Hanoi and eat, eat, eat!!! |
| 18th March 2008 theRedRiver | Another B52 wreckage in Hanoi - From: Welcome to Vietnam! Jerry, there is one more place in Hanoi (other than the Army Museum) where you can see a B52 wreckage. It's on Huu Tiep pond in Ngoc Ha village, Ba Dinh district. The B52 bomber was shot down over Hanoi in December 1972 and some parts of the bomber fell into the pond and still there up to now. How horrible were the Christmas 1972 bombings? My mother was pregnant and she had to hide in the tunnel for 12 nights, but at least she was still alive after the war. Every year, at Christmas time, the gate into the war memorial on Kham Thien street is open, so that relatives of the victims who died in December 1972 because of American air raids, can burn an incense stick in front of the mother-and-dead-child statue. |
| 17th March 2008 JerryZ | Thanks, Red River - From: Welcome to Vietnam! Thanks, Red River. The American press did not cover this very well at the time and I had forgotten all about it. Thanks for publishing the text of Clinton’s speech. It was a very good speech. He, like myself, was very fortunate in not having to fight in Vietnam. So Clinton went to Vn Mi¿u. I did not know that. Wow, as always, you look so stunning in those pictures at the War Museum. Having once lived near the corner of Tran Phu and Dien Bien Phu, you bring back my many memories of bicycling by the Army Museum and the Flag Tower. You certainly dress up the place with your beauty and your beautiful Áo Dài. Stunning is all I can say. Thanks for including these pictures in your blog. I have never seen (or at least I don’t remember seeing) the statue of the mother carrying her dead child. Thanks for showing that picture. How horrible those Christmas 1972 bombings must have been. Thanks again so much. Keep up the good work. You are starting to inspire me to come see some of these sites (which I missed) later this year. |
| 12th March 2008 violets | March 12 - From: The 22nd trip to Huế city Interesting blog. Hue is also my favourite city in Vietnam. I think it's the most beautiful. I love the photos, both you and Hue look beautiful. |
| 7th March 2008 nomad_ninja | amazing - From: Mandalay - Bagan - Yangon what an amazing adventure... |
| 2nd March 2008 patrick | THanks for the blog - From: Some pagodas in Hà Tây province Thanks, this is now on my itinerary for June! |
| 2nd March 2008 patrick | bia hoi food - From: Bia Hơi (Vietnamese fresh beer) Apart from the beer being much cheaper than bottled beer, many bia hoi spots serve great food as well, from tasty snacks to full meals. Anyone new to Vietnam should give them a try! |
| 1st March 2008 Jan | Cheers! - From: Bia Hơi (Vietnamese fresh beer) I must say that Vietnam is starting to look a lot better now. Is the Bia Hoi comparable in taste with a western beer? |
| 22nd February 2008 rubin pham | hue travel - From: The 22nd trip to Huế city i visited hue in december 2007. the most beautiful city i have ever visited. so many sights to see and the people are so friendly. i hope i can go back there in the near future. |
| 13th February 2008 theRedRiver | - From: Tết 2008 in Hanoi Anh Sunrise, this Tet was too cold in Hanoi, so "Ong do gia" (as you called "old caligraphy artists") couldn't wear an Ao Dai and sit by some street. Last month, when we had a photo exhibition "Hanoi in the old days and today", I saw some "Ong do gia". We always show our respect to them. |
| 12th February 2008 sunriseplace | - From: Tết 2008 in Hanoi Thanks for all the photos of Tet in the North, especially the hoa ào... M×i nm hoa ào nß L¡i th¥y ông Ó già Bày mñc tàu gi¥y Ï Bên phÑ ông ng°Ýi qua... I was wondering if this kind of "caligraphy artists" still exist in Ha Noi during Tet? |
| 10th February 2008 theRedRiver | Tet and Chinese New Year - From: Tết 2008 in Hanoi Thanks Jan for an interesting question. As the Chinese ruled Vietnam for 1,000 years, our culture in many aspects was influenced by the Chinese. Both Vietnamese and Chinese celebrated the lunar new year. However, our Tet is still based on our own lunar calendar. Most of the years, our Tet and Chinese new year are celebrated at the same time, but last year 2007, our Tet was one day earlier than the Chinese new year. As I am responding to you, Vietnam Television is announcing about some traditional customs and festivals in Hanoi and other provinces. There are many festivals in January and February (I mean the Lunar Calendar). |
| 10th February 2008 Jan | Great info - From: Tết 2008 in Hanoi This was great info about the Tet. I hope you had a good time celebratig it. I do wonder what is the difference between Tet and Chinese New Year? |
| 17th January 2008 Jan | You make me jelouse - From: My favorite country in SE Asia Would love to live as close as you to Indonsia. It's my favorite country too. Liked your story. |
| 12th January 2008 theRedRiver | Thank you - From: Vietnamese traditional dress Thank you for your comment on my Ao Dai photos. I have been working in the construction industry with the Japanese for many years. I can speak English and Japanese, and used to travel in Japan on business in 2004. I'm still new to blog technique and hope to write some travel stories about the countries that I visited and share experiences with other bloggers. |
| 11th January 2008 Mai1 | Ao Dai - From: Vietnamese traditional dress Chào em, your photos of the Ao Dai are beautiful - they make me very homesick for Viet Nam! I spend most of my time in Hoi An - returning to Australia only long enough to earn some money! You have certainly travelled far & wide! What do you do for the company? Safe travelling. Mai. |
