Saturday, 3 Nov 2012 | Views [360]
HCMC was fairly nice for Vietnam. People were friendly and the scams weren't as readily apparent. I toured the War Remembrance Museum my first day, which was absolutely ghastly, showing pictures of the tortured as well as instruments and cages used for ... Read more >
Friday, 2 Nov 2012 | Views [364]
Hoi An is my favorite city in Vietnam so far (although that's not saying much). I designed a dress, shirt and and pair of shorts to be made at Bi Bo tailers and had a pair of sandals made at a shoe store. All were made within a day and I went back for ... Read more >
Monday, 29 Oct 2012 | Views [381]
Second day in Hue and I still like it do much more then Hanoi. People are much nicer and I haven't been ripped off yet. I even paid the same amount for my water as the local next to me! I toured the Citadel today- it was built in 1804 by the Nguyen dynasty ... Read more >
Sunday, 28 Oct 2012 | Views [414]
I finally made it to Hue this am after an overnight bus from Hanoi. I couldn't wait to get out of Hanoi! I can't think of a worse town I've visited in all my travels. Just one scam after another and not friendly people. I also left just as Typhoon Su-... Read more >
Wednesday, 24 Oct 2012 | Views [397] | Comments [1]
This is my 2nd day in Hanoi, Vietnam. 1st day was awful! I waover it already. I got ripped off by the taxi driver and my hostel was horrendous- stinky, moldy and damp with no windows and something dripping from the ceiling. I moved to a much nicer hostel ... Read more >
