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December 25th 2008

Published: February 12th 2009

Hanoi I arrived in Sapa in the Northwest of Vietnam on the 21st December and spent a day there while waiting to catch the night train to Hanoi which I duly did. Hanoi was a bit of a shock to the system when compared with China given the volume of mopeds flying around all over the place and the fact that there were a huge amount of Westerners wandering about - I was no longer a novelty. The mausol... Read Full Entry

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My Son - Cham Tower

My Son

The hollow in front of the monument is a bomb crater left from the Vietnam war.

My Lai Village

My Lai

A small monument to the 102 victims who were slaughtered on this spot is located on the far left of the picture. The paddy field is still in use today.

Nha Trang - Harbour

Nha Trang - Lantern

Nha Trang- "Pharmacist"

Apparently a concoction of marinated sea horses and lizard is good for you!

Nha Trang - Statue to Tran Hung Dao

Famous for defeating the Mongolian armies 3 times in the 13th Century, most notably at Bach Dang River in 1288. As a result every town in Vietnam has a street called Tran Hung Dao and every street running parrallel to a river is known as Bach Dang.