Blogs from Ho Chi Minh City, Southeast, Vietnam, Asia - page 227

My anticipated visit to Nha Trang turned into a few days of braving out the wind, clouds and occasional shower while sipping mojitos by the pool and doing plenty of reading. Nha Trang is a medium sized city situated towards the southern end of Vietnam, and showcases some of the nicest beaches in all the land here. Long stretches of white sand are lined with palm trees and loungers covered by big thatched umbrellas. The two plus mile beach runs parallel to the main boulevard behind which a vibrant neighborhood of hotels, restaurants, dive centers and tourist shops thrive. Nha Trang could probably best be described as the Hawaii of Vietnam and for many upwardly mobile Saigon city dwellers; it serves as a weekend getaway just one hour by air. And despite the spike in upscale ... read more

Well, I'm back, and before you read on, I must explain why you are receiving this now, on January the 24th, over a month after I visited all of these places....basically, the following few blogs have been written in dribs and drabs during our stay in Thailand, and if you chose to read the details of my Thailand blogs, you will understand that our stay in Thailand involved a lot of partying...and sleeping....which left little time to sit and concentrate on writing a blog....So here they are now, pick and chose what you read, and if you cant be bothered reading, then there's plenty of photos to tell the stories!! Having packed away our beach stuff, we departed Mui Ne on our first bus, having managed to avoid bus travel until then. After 4 long, hot, ... read more

Greetings fellow Nerf Herders, And still we are in HCMC, which is cool because the city is really growing on us. You kind of get used to the absolutely stifling heat and the strange smells and the people looking at you wherever you go. Since the last entry we have completed quite a few tasks. First we made our way to the War Remnants Museum (formally known as the Chinese and American War Crimes Museum, I shit you not) which was quite good despite the warnings we had received from a few American tourists about its biased nature. I thought that it dealt with the war and its aftermath in a reasonable way. I had thoughts of seeing the words "American Imperialist Running Dogs and Masters of War" written everywhere, but this was not the case. ... read more

We left the delightful seafood in Mui Ne and caught the ‘local’ bus to Saigon. The guy that sold us the tickets did neglected to mention this fact and we were a little surprised when it pulled up outside our guesthouse. With minimal fuss our bags were dumped in to the space next to the driver and before we had seats we were off again. The bus was already ¾ full but there was only one other western couple along for the ride. Apart from break neck overtaking maneuvers and the ability for people to alight in the middle of nowhere we arrived in Saigon 6 hours later in one piece. The trouble with it being a local bus was that we terminated at the out of town bus station. We had a rough idea of ... read more

hey! so last time i was on i was just leaving Hanoi to go south to the vin moc tunnels, well made a bit of an error..... when i bought the tickets at Hanoi train station the woman miss heard me and i did'nt realise till when we were on the train. I asked for a ticket to Dong Ha and she thought i said Dong Hoi so i had to get off in the middle of fooking nowhere and no one and i mean no one spoke english, poo your pants time!, luckily i managed to get a ticket but had to wait for 5 1/2 hours for the train to arrive then it took another 6 1/2 hours to get to Hue, it was great! i wont go through all the shite but basically ... read more