Archive for February, 2009

Grant Ha Long Bay

The first thing that I wanted to do when I got to Hanoi was leave. I ran into my man Stewart, who I had met previously in Hoi An. He had just booked a trip to Halong Bay with Active Travel Vietnam company. I ran and grabbed Oskar so we could book the trip to […]

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An Exhilarating Day near Da Lat

(A French tourist told his wonderful trip in Da Lat and gave useful suggestion to others)
I climbed a mountain today. Probably the oldest, fattest American ever to climb it, and I can hardly believe I did, but I did. We have pictures to prove it.

Looking down on Paradise lake from mountain
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Kayaking and Cycling in a World Heritage Bay

Halong Bay is one of the most spectacular, and therefore heavily ‘touristed’ attractions in Vietnam. Stretching along the Northeast Vietnamese border with China it comprises thousands of limestone karst outcroppings and more than 750 islands of all sizes that dot the emerald waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.
Legend has it that the bay, ‘Descending Dragon’ […]

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Sapa adventure travel by motorbike

(Ryan shared his trip to Sapa with motorbike, where he went, what he saw in the magnificent landscape)
Sapa is a pretty town in the mountains of northwestern Vietnam near the Chinese boarder.
Originally built by the French as a medical outpost, the city is now full of minority people from the local mountains and one of […]

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