January 20, 2004
Ho Chi Minh City
Just when you think that the traffic in Ho Chi Minh city can't possibly get any crazier, there's Cholon. The city's Chinatown, Cholon has all of the noise, crowds and chaos that you find in the other districts - but...Read this update
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January 10, 2004
Dalat
South of Hoi An the Open Tour bus route separates into two branches, one continuing down the coast, the other heading inland. I took the latter, up into the central highlands to Dalat. During the French colonial days, Dalat was...Read this update
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January 04, 2004
Hanoi to Hoi An
To reach the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, you take a cyclo from the centre of Hanoi, past government buildings and a statue of Lenin, to the main entrance of the compound. You buy your ticket and leave your bags at...Read this update
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December 13, 2003
Sapa
Tuan, our guide, chartered a clunky Russian jeep to take us a few kilometres out of Sapa to the starting point of the trek. Despite his earlier reassurances, the trails down to Ban Ho village were treacherous. Going down was...Read this update
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December 12, 2003
Hanoi, and the frozen north
Every time I arrive in a new country, it seems to be in the middle of some kind of national celebration. In Kathmandu it was Dasain, the rather bloodthirsty festival of the goddess Durga; in Bangkok I walked straight into...Read this update
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