Vietnam 2018 Part I - Hanoi, Hoi An and a bit more

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July 5th 2018

Published: October 2nd 2018

Hanoi and Hoi An Here comes the third blog entry from our trip in Southeast Asia earlier this year. After we left Laos we went on to Vietnam. We spent almost two weeks there and we will now start telling you about what we saw and did during those days. We will this time not tell our story chronologically. We have pulled out a few things which we will write about separately. We'll start with te... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Possibly more than a thousand years old

It was in use from the 4th century to the 14th century.

Decoration on a building

We don't know enough about Hindu religion to tell you the significance of this character

Decoration on a building

We don't know enough about Hindu religion to tell you the significance of this character

Overgrown ruin

My Son was abandoned around 600 years ago and that explains a lot of the destruction but sadly not all of it

Sign warning people not to walk into the forest

During the Vietnam war the site was bombed by the US and even today it is not recommended to venture outside of the area and into the surrounding forest because there might be unexploded bombs lying out there.

My Son temple

One of the temples that are in better condition

Restored temple

This temple has been restored

The main site

The main site was quite impressive

Dragon Bridge in Danang

This bridge in Danang is decorated to look like a dragon. But it doesn't stop there. The "dragon" can breathe fire when requested to do so.

Something a bit funny at the end

This is for those of you who worked through this entire blog entry and made it all the way to the end. It is a heroic style sculpture in Hanoi. The woman clearly holds a sword. The man sitting down holds a rifle. But the man in the middle holds... Damn, what is he holding? We think it is a supersized electrical plug...

2nd October 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Hanoi
I have not visited northern Vietnam so nice to see what I am missing. Enjoy!

4th October 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Keep an eye out for the next blog entry
In our next blog entry we will tell you about two top sight in the north. If what we told you about Hanoi wasn't enough to make it worth doing a trip there thoser two might. /Ake

4th October 2018

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Hanoi
We caught the overnight train to Sapa, so I'm guessing we passed this area... will have to check out the café next time we visit. The suit Andrew got tailored in Hoi An is still absolutely perfect nine years on, and like you, he wished he'd got a couple more made :)

4th October 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Good quality
If the suit is still perfect after nine years it must have been good quality. Also Andrew mustn't have gained weight. Well done! :-) /Ake

4th October 2018

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

good shot!

4th October 2018

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

tee hee........... they're much smaller than us LOL

5th October 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Yes they are
Yes, they are smaller than us, but not that small. I am not sure exactly why they had such ridiculously small chairs there. Possibly because they wanted people to have at least something to sit on but still wanted them to be easily removed when that was necessary. /Ake

4th October 2018

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

That bridge is new since I was there.

4th October 2018

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

I visited both south & north VietNam & loved them! Thanks for the memories!

5th October 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

My pleasure
I know the feeling. I keep reading blogs myself of places I've visited and it really sends you back in time. /Ake

5th October 2018

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Forgot to mention that the women sit on those all the time which is sort of a squat position stretch that helps in childbirth :o)

5th October 2018

Bryan
Bryan and Miranda

LOL
Last time I saw chairs like that I was in Kindergarten!

5th October 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

In a playhouse
We wouldn't even have those in kindergarten. In a large playhouse perhaps.../Ake

25th September 2019

mufulira
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vietnam
great photos, we did north vietnam in 2006 but the hurricane had destroyed all the beach areas, so went on nigHt train to SAPA AND BACHA, wonderful country, alas at 80 our travel is ended

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