Shockalotti and Lozenators Intrepid Journey This is the online travel journal of Wynne and Lauren. We are travelling to Canada Vancouver to live for a year or so. On the way we will stop off and visit a large chunk of South East Asia: Taipei, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia.

Hue

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 30 Jan 2007 | Views [857]

Isnt it funny how we all can experience the same thing and have completely different perceptions of that experience? We met lots of people who really enjoyed Hue - mostly because it was chilled out. In my opinion it was really really boring, the people ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Danang and Hoi An

VIETNAM | Friday, 26 Jan 2007 | Views [1446]

Because Danang was so far away we decided to splurg on our budget and take an overnight train. The idea is you sleep on board and get breakfast in the morning, all whilst travelling. Great idea, except they couldnt turn the heating off in our cabin, ... Read more >

Tags: Shopping

Nha Trang

VIETNAM | Saturday, 20 Jan 2007 | Views [1253]

We were glad to get away from Dalat, even though we had a pretty good tour with the Easy Riders. Nha Trang is approx 4 hours from Dalat, and is a very big city - several million people. On the beach front lies the tourist area, and where we stayed. ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Dalat

VIETNAM | Thursday, 18 Jan 2007 | Views [873]

We were told that Dalat was a major hightlight for several people: how wonderful the hill tribe people were, how amazing the Easy Rider tour guys were. In all honesty I found the place really boring apart from a couple of key experiences. We ended up ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Mui Ne

VIETNAM | Sunday, 14 Jan 2007 | Views [1144]

After arriving back from our Mekong tour, we jumped aboard a bus to Mui Ne and arrived at 12.30 am in the morning. Lucky for us there was a man sleeping out in the open in the garden with a torch - just waiting for us! The place is a typical beach resort ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Gallery: Vietnam

VIETNAM | Saturday, 13 Jan 2007 | Photo Gallery

Saigon

VIETNAM | Thursday, 11 Jan 2007 | Views [691]

After leaving Space Station 9 at Hong Kong Star Trek HQ we landed in Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City. This place was pretty basic compared to Hong Kong - reminded me of Fiji Airport actually. First thing that happened was a bunch of taxi drivers virtually ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road