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| After Cambodia I arrived in Ho Chi Minh (Saigon). Natalie and I traveled for 3 weeks from from here to Hanoi. |
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| Our Guesthouse in Saigon with a door to no where. Kind of dangerous when u think this is the toilet :-) |
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| A population of almost 7 million people and 5 million motorbikes. |
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| Saigon river |
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| The Japanese and the Americans bought this area and are planning to built a big financial and living area within the next 15 years . |
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| Saigon doesn't hold us long and we leave for Mui Ne on the coast. |
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| We drive north on the coast with a motorbike to the sand dunes. |
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| Really sandy |
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| With this plastic things we try to slide down the dunes but it is not really working. |
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| Thirsty area here |
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| I needed a bath to get the sand off. |
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| After Mui Ne we went to Dalat. This very french style town in the highlands of Vietnam is famous for coffee. I didn't really feel like I was in Vietnam. It's cold and looks like Europe. |
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| In the night there is food everywhere on the street. We tried all the local stuff. This is a snail (escargot just like Paris). |
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| Eiffel tower here? They copy everything in Vietnam! |
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| Night market |
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| More street food |
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| Chicken, pork, sausages, eggs.... |
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| Chicken feet! |
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| More snails |
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| It's really famous to hire a guide from here to Nah Trang or further north. We met Hero on the street and planed a 3 days 2 nights trip to Nah Trang. Nat and I drove on our own 4 gear manual motorbike and followed Hero. |
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| We got his ID just in case he escapes with our money and our luggage. |
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| No Nat u don't drive! |
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| First stop crazy house. |
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| We can see coffee plantations everywhere on the way. |
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| Dragon fruit |
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| We stopped in a rice wine distillery. |
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| Very strong. Here they don't need a license to make alcohol. |
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| The test for the amount of alcohol. It burns for a long time, so there is a lot of alcohol :-) |
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| Vietnamese Coffee. Very strong and very sweet! |
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| We visited a cotton production. |
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| The machines they use are very old but it still works. |
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| The first night we spent in a little village in a long house. |
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| The next day we saw the cotton silk worms for the cotton production. |
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| Oh! Something is broken! |
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| A little rain sometimes but it's very beautiful. |
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| We ate a lot of this fruit, something like lychee. |
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| A long house |
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| The food in Vietnam is very good! Chicken, Spring rolls, Soups, beer.... |
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| Rock-Paper-scissors |
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| Typical Vietnamese girl |
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| Typical Swiss boy |
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| On the next day the landscape was very nice with all the rice fields. |
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| No comment! |
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| This snake is 35 kg! Really scary! |
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| On the way we had a flat! Hero and I tried to repair it but the hole was too big! We got a spare tube after 2 hours. |
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| Swimming in the jungle |
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| Rubber tree |
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| They make great tables. This set costs around 1500 Dollar. All hand made. |
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| Water buffalo |
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| Coffee Plantation |
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| Driving is fun but also dangerous! |
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| Make your own spring rolls. |
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| Raw pork. It was only in a banana leave for a couple of days. |
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| For breakfast we had pork and noodle soup. |
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| Here u can see the production of the rice paper. Is it okay to smoke while doing this? |
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| All the Vietnamese have a mobile phone. |
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| After 3 days with a motorbike and 600km we arrived in Nah Trang. |
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| I still write in my diary everyday. |
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| Further north is Hoi An. A very nice city with a lot of charm. Hoi An is famous for tailor made clothing for a very good price. |
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| Hoi An beach is beautiful! |
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| After 2 days in Hoi An our shoes and our clothes were finished. I chose this shoe from an Italian magazine and they made it exactly in my size, color and style. Good job guys! |
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| Perfect! |
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| The shoemakers. |
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| Goodbye to my old Puma shoes! |
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| After Hoi An we arrived in Halon Bay. |
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| We stayed here for 2 days on this boat. It's a great place but a bit too touristy! |
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| Mark from California and I. We had a lot of fun! Thanks to you Mark. |
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| The surprise cave. |
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Kayaking in the bay |
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| 6m jump from the deck. |
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| After almost 3 weeks we arrived in Hanoi |
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| It's crazy how they drive here. No space for us to walk, very noisy and smoke! |
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| Vietnamese are the number one in fake products. I don't like that so much! |
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| Chicken in the city. |
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| Goodbye Vietnam! We had a great time but also some bad experiences. The Vietnamese ripped us off a lot and not always in a nice way. It's all about business! I was happy to leave noisy Hanoi and the annoying people. Good experience! The countryside is amazing and the people there are very nice. |
