Aug 20, 2007

Vietnam

Hanoi

My impression of this city is... not a beautiful city. Too many people and crazy traffic. One thing I was surprised was that there were no Mc Donald's in Vietnam. Where ever you go, no matter how coutry side it is, there was always Mc Donald's in all over the world but not in Vietnam. Probably some politic problem from the war with U.S. Actually it's quite nice not having Mc around you.


















Halong Bay




















Hue
















Nha Trang

Nha Trang is one of the most famous beach in Vietnam. Not too crowded not too quiet beach. Second picture is "Bar in the ocean". We did a boat trip and it was all you can drink! There were many jelly fish and the water was very cold but everyone jumped out and swam to the bar.















Mui Ne

This is a very small town but one of my favorite cities. Nothing much to do but you can walk up the river which has an awsome scenery and do sliding from the sand dunes. I was scared so did with a local little kid about 12 ys old. I remember he was a very gentleman:)


















Ho Chi Min City (Saigon)

One and the only thing you need to do in H.C.M.C. is to visit the War Museum. War between Vietnam and the U.S. just ended 32 years ago. Only 32 years. Can you believe this?











I visited a tunnel called "Vin Moc Tunnel" which was a shelter during the war. It was very hot, humid, dark and stinky. I can't imagine living in that place. This tunnel is not in H.C.M.C. It is close to Hue which is in the middle of the country.


1 comment:

the englishman said...

You're absolutely right, no McDonald's...though I DID see a KFC...