Christmas in Vietnam

Trip Start Jul 07, 2007

Trip End Ongoing

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Flag of Vietnam Hanoi/Saigon, Vietnam
Thursday, January 3, 2008

these are some pictures from our trip to Vietnam. It was something else, spending Christmas away from our families AND in a really crazy city, but it was worth while!

enjoy!

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our tiny christmas tree	what could it be!?	arrive in Saigon... really overwhelmed	from our first hostel
scott and the balcony door	wires!	chopped up pigs	bog boat on the Mekong Delta
boats	melissa and bees	Singapore friend with big snake	...hands it off to scott
dragonfruit (fun to look at, not to taste!)	the making of sugar cane juice	Vietnam's Tiger beer	along the Mekong
paddle-boating...	bikes!	bus ride home	chaos
giant Mary statue on island of Vung Tau	...Jesus!	Christmas eve day...	too hot for real ones
we thought we all had to jumo boats!	Merry Christmas!	Christmas Day, spent in a boat	Cu Chi tunnels (pretty interesting)
big tank used in the war	tunnels (not for the claustrophobics)	wartime bed room	trap the enemy!
sunset from our balcony	streets	vendors	in Hanoi
matching sweaters	st, joseph's cathedral	hopping on the 'Dream Voyage'	our accomodations for one evening
dining room	Halong Bay	... pretty foggy	from the boat
on the boat Comments!	floating houses	a penis in a cave	cave...
cave...	caves!	woman selling seafood	leaving the caves
boating along Halong...	view from the caves...	boats! and boats!	and boats!
kayaking	floating...	the three of us	bye bye dream voyage
just chillin'	a part of Cat Ba island	a little shack	scott makes a friend...
emily steals scott's friend	little boys	pretty crazy!	scott with boys
me biking (such a great time!)	down the hill...	bike with basket	puppy (bred by the 1000's)
on the water-- AND the sun's up!	our second boat	monkey island	the little one could jump!
beach and boats	arriving in Cat Ba city...	same	we had an interesting evening in this city
Melissa and our dutch friend "hans"	from our 4th floor hostel room	we had to walk on the road (damn bikes)	bikes and mysterious wall stamps?
one hour around the city for pretty cheap!	propaganda posters	we got totally scammed into paying for this	a barber shop
party lane	this place stunk of cigarettes and incense