Blogs from Vietnam, Asia - page 1330

Hey all, I know that I only updated the blog yesterday, but the new pictures that I took today just had to be posted. This morning at 4:00am I caught a jeep out of town, and headed for the sand dunes -- the landscape that this part of Vietnam is most famous for. I guess having seen desert in Egypt, I wasn't expecting too much, but I was blown away. Only 20 or 30 minutes drive from the ocean and suddenly you find yourself in the middle of these crazy dunes -- once you start climbing into them, it would be easy to imagine yourself in the middle of a desert with no way out. There are red and white sand dunes, surprisingly the latter of which were most impressive. I could have easily spent all ... read more

So the hard sleeper wasn't SO bad. We shared it with Sophie's friend Magnus and 3 other vietnamese men. They were very friendly and it always makes for a more interesting experience when you do as the romans do. One of the men rocked out to Magnus' discman most of the evening... pretty funny stuff. I woke up to find two young boys who had clearly just been watching me sleep through the barred window. They were excited now that this strange white creature was up and moving and so continued to watch and stare as I get up, pack... it would have been really creepy if they weren't only 8 or 9 years old. They didn't leave until their parents called them off the train. We followed and it was only 15 minutes into the ... read more

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We woke up this morning at 6:30 to the symphony of car horns, motors, and heat . Our room faces a set of internal stairwells, our bathroom window overlooks a side street. It is a bright day outside. SUVs mingle with weary walkers carrying heavy burdens. The topic of conversation between the eight of us here is how hot it is and how to combat the heat. Our hair is up. Our make-up is limited. Our water bottles in tow. Cold beers don't stay cold for long. They fizzle down to a luke warm temperature ten minutes into our meal. Our glowing faces are a mixture of sweat and excitement. Our flight yesterday was long. We learned the "courtesy bell" inside bathroom stalls at the Seoul International Airport makes flushing noises to cover up less appropriate ... read more

Colin writing again (sorry kristy fans.....she's always busy reading emails....apparenly i'm not as popular at home) We feel bad that we have not been updating the blog with our adventures from the last 2 weeks here in Vietnam, but finding internet cafes that are not sweat boxes with really slow connections has been a challenge. Presently we are in the outdoors, and its 10pm, so cooling off abit, so i can stand to write a few quick words. Sorry, no pics for now, too much work. Hopefully soon. After leaving Hanoi (in the North) we took a bus to Hue. It was one of those adventures that my writing is not worthy to cover. We'll have a good story for when we get home. But...the not so quick of it....13 hours....7pm start.....broken air con.....tiny seats......people sleeping ... read more