CHAPTER 22-HUE-CENTRAL VIETNAM

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March 15th 2010

Published: March 31st 2010

CHAPTER 22-HUE-CENTRAL VIETNAM ARRIVING IN HANOI On Tuesday -26 January 2010 I left freezing Shanghai and arrived in warm Hanoi- North Vietnam, where I have been before. This time I wanted to see Central Vietnam. I arrived in Hanoi at 2AM- in the morning!! Getting from Hanoi airport to the hotel area is a real hassle, even in daylight hours, so I decided to catch a local hour flight (only $73 to... Read Full Entry

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John Oroad

Epoch

FROM CHINA TO KOREA I have recently returned from two trips to China teaching English and I am about to start teaching again; this time in South Korea. I love travel, especially in Asia and by working there, feel I experience the country more than by just passing thru it. My previous travels before China were 15 months in North America and Europe in 1975-76 and many South East Asian countries in 1980-81 for another 9 months. After almost another quarter of a century living in Australia, I got the travel bug once again. This time I decided to do it slightly differently by working. I hear... full info

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markets

thinly sliced ginger can be smelt metres away

markets

very cheap prawns and "expensive" goods from China

bamboo furniture

they are so busy

bamboo furniture

they also make the furniture in temple across the road

bamboo furniture

furnture is stacked outside on the road

inside temple

very ornate dragon steps

inside temple

dragon heads. note whiskers

'Missy Roo" restaurant

some Aussie food

Notra Dame

Notre Dame churches are in most cities, even smaall towns and villages

Notra Dame

outside chapels where motor-cycles drive up,; like a 'drive thru' church

at sunset

inside

inside

the leader of modern united Vietnam (Uncle Ho) lived here as a boy

Ho Chi Mings house

the man who defeated the American army slept on this bed with his brothers as a boy

Ho Chi Mings house

family kitchen

Ho Chi Mings village

a nice place to walk thru

Ho Chi Mings house

washing clothes

Ho Chi Mings house

markets

Ho Chi Mings house

drying freshly made noodles in the sun

part of Ho Chi Ming trail

in the dry season, the North Veitnam army entered South Vietnam here over this river from Laos, nearby. This was all jungle before Agent Orange

1st April 2010

terry
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Too Tall
John, you're not too tall/big at all. It's just that you're getting clumsy and uncoordinated like the rest of us ageing hippies and keep knocking/kicking things that you no longer see in your peripheral vision. Catch up soon TerryB

11th May 2010

frankie
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Incorrection captions on Tomb photos
Nice photos! I have been to the imperial tombs twice in two years, and will make another visit next month in time for the Hue Festival 2010. I wish to mention that not all photos from the imperial tombs posted in your blog were taken at Minh Mang tomb. Some are from the tombs of Khai din and Tu Duc.

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