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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US Army base

'The Rockpile' is a lookout for US soldiers, who where helecoptered to the top

Khe Shan US airbase

the americans has bases on tops of mountains. the airfield nowis mostly covered with coffee trees

Khe Shan US airbase

amunition

Khe Shan US airbase

bunker

Demiliterized Zone

the DMZ crossing old border of south into north vietnam

DMZ

cemetary of Vietnamese soldiers

Vihn Moc-North Vietnam defences

trenches to tunnels

US bomb crater

North Vietnam defences

part of US bomb used as warning bell to get into tunnels as US bombers approach

North Vietnam defences

the tunnels are very small, but have been widened for larger Western tourists

North Vietnam defences

a tunnel entrance

North Vietnam defences

guard post at entrance.the whole village lived under here as the bombs dropped above

North Vietnam defences

'a family room' is a hole in the wall off to the side of very public tunnel

North Vietnam defences

classroom

North Vietnam defences

maternaty ward, also a hole in the wall

North Vietnam defences

the 'Assembly Hall" is a slightly wider tunnel

North Vietnam defences

exit

North Vietnam defences

the exit of tunnels come out at a beautiful beach

North Vietnam defences

war memorial

famous car

monk protester against war was driven in this car to where he burnt himself to death. It is now part of Veitnamese history

computer in hotel room

tiny furniture and very short computer leads made computing very difficult

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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