Hot Springs, Nha Trang

Sylvie and I soaking ourselves. A well deserved break after another overnight bus ride from hell. I'd been so motion sick that the sandwich I'd had along the way ended up in bits on the sidewalk behind a bush. Lucky the bus driver made a cigarette stop at just the right time, otherwise I might have decorated the aisle floor instead.

Bussing it through Vietnam

May 9th 2006
My luck was running thin in Vietnam. I'd left myself a measly 10 days to travel from Hanoi all the way down to HCMC. I spent the entire time catching buses and covering the highlights. My first hour in Vietnam was most eventful, indeed. I caught a minibus from the airport into town, arriving fashionably late at around 11.00pm with no pre-booked accommodation. Hell, I'd done it before, what was ano ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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