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Kristin
- Mar 20, 2010
- 14 min
Vietnam | Motorbike Trip to Mekong Delta
Although we had been to the Mekong Delta at the beginning of our trip, we decided to do a second version of it for a few reasons. First,...
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Kristin
- Mar 20, 2010
- 1 min
Vietnam | Things on Motorbikes
In each country we visited in Southeast Asia, motorbikes were a main form of transportation for the locals. However, Vietnam stood out in...
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Kristin
- Mar 17, 2010
- 2 min
Vietnam | Shopping in HCMC
Happy St. Patty's Day! Most of this morning we spent researching accommodation and travel information for Japan. It ended up taking a...
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Kristin
- Mar 16, 2010
- 6 min
Vietnam | Dalat - Highlands & Coffee
Our days in Dalat were full of beautiful scenery and delicious coffee! Needless to say we had LOTS of energy while traveling in Dalat...
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Kristin
- Mar 14, 2010
- 4 min
Vietnam | Business Class to Dalat
Backpacking and Business Class Travel don't really seem to be complementary of each other. However, we made it happen in...
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Kristin
- Mar 13, 2010
- 6 min
Vietnam | Sapa
Sapa felt like we were stepping into a storybook. There was beautiful scenery, with equally beautiful ‘characters’. The people of Sapa...
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Kristin
- Mar 11, 2010
- 4 min
Back to Vietnam!
We only have a couple weeks in Southeast Asia before we return to Japan, so we decided that rather than spend two full days on a non-AC...
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Kristin
- Jan 26, 2010
- 3 min
Vietnam | Halong Bay Cruise
We woke up this morning with no electricity at our hostel. Luckily there was just enough warm water left over in the water heater that I...
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Kristin
- Jan 26, 2010
- 5 min
Vietnam | Cat Ba Island
Train & Bus Journey We departed Hanoi early in the morning; having to get up at 4:30 in order to catch the 6:05 a.m. train. We walked to...
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Kristin
- Jan 24, 2010
- 2 min
Vietnam | Hanoi
Our first morning we headed out to explore the city. Hanoi brought us back to the big city full of traffic and motorbikes. We could...
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Kristin
- Jan 23, 2010
- 3 min
Vietnam | Hoi An Cooking Class
This morning we attended at cooking class at one of the local restaurants. We arrived a little before 10 a.m. and we started preparing...
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Kristin
- Jan 22, 2010
- 2 min
Vietnam | Exploring DaNang on Motorbike
Today we rented a motorbike from outside our hostel for $4 USD for 5 hours. We headed towards DaNang, which was about 15 miles from Hoi...
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Kristin
- Jan 21, 2010
- 7 min
Vietnam | Mui Ne & Hoi An
Mui Ne & Journey Northbound to Hoi An Jan. 19 & 20, 2010 We enjoyed our day at the beach in Mui Ne, until the second day when it rained....
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Kristin
- Jan 17, 2010
- 10 min
Vietnam | Cu Chi Tunnels & Mekong Delta
Cu Chi Tunnels January 14, 2010 During our second day in Ho Chi Minh City, we took a tour out to the Cu Chi tunnels. This was the area...
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Kristin
- Jan 13, 2010
- 4 min
Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City
Today we started out the morning walking around the area by our hostel. We were surrounded by the locals going about their everyday...
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Kristin
- Jan 12, 2010
- 2 min
Travel Day | Japan to Vietnam
On Tuesday we spent most of the day traveling from Japan to Vietnam. However, before heading to the "more simple life", we were able to...
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