Blogs from Ho Chi Minh City, Southeast, Vietnam, Asia - page 229

Hi people, sorry about the delay, small case of bloggers block I think as it has taken us ages to write about our brilliant trip to Vietnam, and already it seems like ages ago. We arrived in India one week ago and are now living it up in Goa. Caz and Mark should be getting to Gatwick airport as we speak which is too exciting.. More about India later though as here are some pictures from Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam, a fantastic city well worth a visit. Vietnam is beautiful and we wish that we had left ourselves more time at the end of our trip to explore it properly; I suppose we will just have to come back again soon as it was we only made it to a few different places but ... read more

We took the overnight train to Danang. We made some Vietnamese friends on the train - one of them spoke decent enough French! We headed to the restaurant car where we met a bunch of Australians who were on a package tour. They harassed Johnny to play the fiddle but after a few tunes they lost interest and started a singsong of all the worst karaoke songs ever and Johnny sheepishly put the fiddle away! We took a taxi from the train station to Hoi An. Found the hotel, Hai Yen Hotel which had the luxury of a pool outside. Hoi An is famous for tailoring and there’s over 200 tailor shops in the town. I got a suit and a couple of shirts made up which fitted perfectly first time. There wasn’t much to see ... read more

Monday 27th to Thursday 30th November I've got to admit I was dreading the six hour 6.45am bus ride from Phnom Penn to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) but the only other option was a four hour boat journey to the border and then once through immigration to find my own way to Ho Chi Minh, at least another two hours by road. I needn't have worried though as, like a naughty schoolboy, I managed to snag the whole of the back row for myself and spent a good portion of the journey flat out drifting in and out of consciousness. As soon as I stepped off the bus in the busy city street at about 1pm I was approached by a middle aged woman asking if I needed a hotel and when I nodded she ... read more

Another relaxing day is behind us in Saigon. After a day of adjustment, I used the early morning for some photo ops around town. This also gave Shauna an opportunity to catch up on some beauty sleep. We left the rest of the morning for sightseeing. We focused on three museums. By far the most interesting was the American War Museum. I saw this one on my first trip here, but the pictures and exhibits were just as powerful the second time through. The savagery and pain were so evident in many of the pictures -- a number of them would never be shown in the U.S. There was one picture where four U.S. soliders were standing in front of two heads decapitated from Vietnamese soldiers. The grin on the soldier's faces was chilling. Another disturbing ... read more

Guess who’s back? We have been meaning to blog Saigon for ages. We are living here now and people are curious about our lives in Vietnam. We have plenty of photos below from the city, our schools, our flat, our friends and various other stuff too. There are also a couple of short videos just to the left of this text (if you take the time to download them). They will give you some more insight into where we are living right now and how things are for us.. So.. George W, Angelina & Brad have all been and gone. It feels like Edinburgh after the Fringe! Still, life goes on and it does so with a vengeance. I (Warren) will tell you a bit about my life here and Sof will hopefully be forthcoming at ... read more