The next stop on our journey up the coast of Vietnam was Hue. Hue is a small peaceful city that in the early nineteenth century was the capital of Vietnam. By some it is considered highbrow its scholarly influence coming from the five universities within the city. It was defiantly … Read More
Another day trip – another sight: this time the Vietnamese DMZ – A 10 kilometer wide area where 10,000 tones of bombs were dropped per square kilometer of land during a violent and horrific war. Our first stop of the day was Dong Ha a town used as a former … Read More
A trip that came highly recommend proved to be one of the better days out despite seeing yet more pagodas – as if we hadn’t seen enough already! The trip saw us boarding a dragon boat and spending the day cruising along the perfume river visiting pagodas and mausoleums. The … Read More
Another early start but having turned the lights out at 9:35pm last night and not being kept awake by the thunderstorms I was feeling a little fresher. Once again we were herded cattle like onto a bus and shepherded to the boat dock where were boarded a boat – although … Read More
Tired and exhausted after our three days in the Mekong Delta we had two hours to get fed and watered before getting the bus to Mui Ne. Mui Ne is one of Vietnam’s hottest beach destinations. The beach was pretty nice with loads of water sports to choose from, but … Read More
This morning we got up at 6am – yawn – showered and made it downstairs just in time to grab breakfast before we headed off on the days tour. I’d been kept awake the majority of the night by torrential rain and thunderstorms that had not abated when I boarded … Read More
Finally a bit of time to try and catch up on some blogging and it’s back to Vietnam. After our day trip to the Cao Dai holy sea and the Cu Chi tunnels we spent a couple more days sightseeing in Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City before heading off … Read More
Coverage of Vietnam has been temporarily interrupted to bring you this news flash. Reports are coming in that three English have girls recently landed in Australia. They have been wondering around Sydney for the last few hours in complete disbelief that they are finally there. Twenty-five year old journalist Jenna … Read More
After the wonders of the Coa Dai Holy Sea we boarded the bus and headed for the nearby Cu Chi tunnels. The tunnels were originally constructed by the anti-colonial Viet Minh in the late 1940 as a place to store arms but they soon became valuable hiding places for them. … Read More
After a few days of walking around Saigon we decided it was time to get out of the city and see some of the surrounding sites. Our fist stop was the Cao Dai Holy sea at Tay Ninh. The Holy Sea is the main temple of the Cao Dai religion; … Read More