On the way to Cat Ba Island, Halong Bay

September 16th 2001
I am finally in Vietnam, after all the times I wanted to come here in Japan but never quite made it! I am in Hanoi, the capital, at the moment. It is absolutely baking hot so I am dying to head to the beach right now. The city is really nice though with little winding streets, lakes and pagodas everywhere. Went to see the embalmed corpse of Ho Chi Minh this morning, so with Mao in Beijing, I a ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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Sharon and Scott

Born to travel

Scott and I have always been travellers at heart. We first met on the beach in Spain in 1995 and had what we thought was "just a holiday romance". We met again briefly a year later in Salzburg, Austria and then a few years later in Hawaii. At the time, I was working in Japan, and Scott was back in California after his two years in Barcelona, Spain. Together, we have left it all behind to backpack around the world, not once, not twice, but three times. Travel really is addictive! Each time, we'd quit our jobs, put our meager belongings into storage or sell what was too big to store, leave o... full info

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