The bike's on blocks, no-one speaks any English and in my phrase book vietnamese I've probably just said " My hovercraft is full of eels!" but soon she is up and running again.....
The Sh*t hits the fan! Hue to Hoi An...Post 6 April 13th 2009 Please note..Because I am doing some of these posts historically they are out of order ...Thats why this has a "Post 6" suffix....Confused??You will be!
Today we intended to take a fairly easy ride from Hue to China Beach just South of Dan Nang, taking in The Hai Van pass on the way....Intentions are one thing!!
From virtually the moment we woke it was obvious that the Gods were not going to ... read more
Asia » Vietnam 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
We live in the UK and have travelled fairly extensively...Brazil, China, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Africa, Iceland, USA, Most of Europe.
We are currently in the planning stages/lead up to a road trip from North to South in Vietnam...arriving in Hanoi on the 23/3/09.
Plan is to buy a motorbike in Hanoi and take 3/4 weeks to get down to Saigon, then on to the Mekong Delta and finally end up on Phu Quoc island for a couple of weeks rest and recuperation...
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