Blogs from Vung Tau, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Southeast, Vietnam, Asia - page 2

One of the longest rides to date...Plans were to stop at Ho Coc about 230 kms from Ca Na but after a breathtaking cross country ride east to the coast and then some of the best coastal scenery to date as we headed south to get to Ho Coc we were somewhat underwhelmed with the acommodation options...There was an "eco Resort" that looked like a UK garden centre and a tired looking resort geared totally to Vietnamese tourists that was like a collection of school bicycle sheds full of hundreds of deckchairs set at right angles to the beach...Strange!... Consequently we pressed on to Vung Tao another 70 odd kms further on and directly south of Ho Chi Minh City where we stayed in a central hotel called Petro House..Vung Tao is busy, full of expats ... read more

We are in the southern most part of Vietnam now in a city called Vung Tau. I will go back and start with the past few days. We had a mostly uneventful night. Watched a movie on TV and I had that bath I was dreaming of. We were awoken at 6am by jackhammers in the torn-down building next to us. We gave up after a couple more hours and went to find our free breakfast. it had been sitting there since probably 5 am and was stone cold. i had some chow mein style noodles and hard as rock bread. the tea was good though. we ended up booking an overnight bus to Da Nang at 6pm so we had the whole day to kill. We walked around doing some window shopping since it is ... read more

Hey folks, Not that we like to be reminded as to how little time we have left (ahem, we mean we miss you dearly and can't wait to arrive home to colder weather - is there at least skiing yet?)....but we thought we'd give you the highlights of what we've been up to lately and before we're home where blogging may be redundant. Our first (and there have been many) arrival in Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) was fairly quiet - took care of business (tickets and such) and found a great place to stay - down a little alley with a family. They occupy about 200 sq ft - and us, not so much less. After the quiet bits we returned home to find expats, locals and our hosts drinking beer and (awful) rum on the ... read more

So we find ourselevs in local vacation spot called Long Hai. It is a place where Vietnamiese people from Saigon go on holiday. There was not really much going on there so we decided to leave after one day, but as always there was an adventure or two to be had. We go wandering looking for dinner around appearantly everything closes very early in Long Hai. We did get lucky enough to find a party of 110 immigartion officers who invited us to join the festivities. It was great fun. They kept filling our glasses with Heineken and giving us grilled shrimp, cuddlefish, and fish along with rice soup. Everybody wanted to sit and have a conversation with the Americans. At one point I was having a conversation with a guy and his 2 sons. He ... read more

Old pics taken with generic emergency camera since the drowning of my Konica in Chiang Mai. ... read more