Farewell Vietnam, thanks for the memories
Trip Start
Mar 18, 2009
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Trip End
Jan 12, 2010
Châu Ðốc, An Giang, Vietnam
Thursday, June 4, 2009
- No of Motorbike accidents witnessed: 2 (involving Emma... 1)
- People with three nipples: 1
- No of Mosquito Bites: Paul (22) Emma (20)
- Part of the body most bitten: Paul (Ankle) Emma (Bum)
- Types of beer drunk: 21
-Types of beer: Saigon, 333, Huda, Festival, Hue, Larue, Tiger, Heineken, Bia Hoi, DQ Beer, Qui Nhon, Lowen, BGI, Nha Trang, Dai Viet, San Miguel Pilsner, San Miguel Light, Lion Brewery Light, Lion Brewery Dark, Louisiana Brewhouse Red Ale, Louisiana Brewhouse Pilsener.
- No of times Paul was offered Marjuana in Saigon: 14
Top Tips:
MaiLinh Taxis are a reliable firm and available in all towns, their meters tick round at a normal speed unlike some other taxi firms !
Remember to apply insect repellent to your bum - mosquitoes love toilets
Best Restaurants:
'Japanese Restaurant' 34 Tran Cao Van, Hue - and all for a good cause!
'Veranda' Nha Trang seafront - best breakfasts
'Bun Bo Nam Bo' 67 Hang Dieu, Hanoi - best Vietnamese street food
'Quan An Ngon' Ho Chi Minh City - Best Vietnamese food
'Sozo' Ho Chi Minh City - Best cookies and for a good cause
Best Beaches:
1 - Quy Hoa, aka Leprosy beach, Quy Nhon
2 - Cua Dai - Hoi An
3 - My Khe beach - Danang
Worst Beach:
My Khe beach - Quang Ngai
Best Hotels:
1 - Phuoc An Hotel, Hoi An
2 - Ngoc Anh Hotel, Ninh Binh
3 - Kim Ngan, Nha Trang
Worst Hotels:
1 - Hoa Hong, Dong Hoi - no hot water, no breakfast, just a bed and a smashed window
2 - Astoria, Hanoi - Constant pressure to go on tours and shocking wiring
3 - Diem Thanh, Hue, didn't change our sheets in 8 days, screwed up our visa extension and a huge family of cockroaches
Worst Tour:
Perfume Pagoda from Hanoi
Best Bits:
In Vietnam everything looks like it should be a postcard, glimpses of conical hats in rice paddies, water buffalo submerged in lotus ponds, the sun set in Halong Bay, Sunrise with hundreds of exercising Vietnamese in Nha Trang. We wonder, with Vietnam embracing tourism and the market economy and with a large proportion of Vietnamese being under thirty, will their culture and traditions be forgotten ?
Comments
mosquito bites!!
I had my worst bites when we were stuck on the Little Yellow train of the Catalan's and had to use a most undesirable space as a loo, second worst was the first public loo used in northern Thailand. Here the lesson was swiftly learnt and spray was regular in its use!!!
Love Ma