Posted in Uncategorized on February 25th, 2008 5 Comments »
We got back to the hostel about 6pm and went to grab some dinner. We hit up this cool little island/temple/museum thing in the middle of the lake in the middle of the city. It was cool to see some cool sights like old men playing Asian checkers and a brief cameo from “Miss Universe [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2008 3 Comments »
So as were were cruising on the epic Ha Long Bay, I commented that it looked straight out of Jurassic Park…. cascading untamed jungle complete with ubiquitous monkeys screeching and giant birds soaring through the air. Once the observation was made, I just couldn’t help thinking of my good friend Mike Lawless and one of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19th, 2008 1 Comment »
Another early morning van ride and 3 hours to our port at Ha Long Bay… Along the way we enjoyed some cool sights, like downtown Hanoi and traffic chaos that bordered on impossible to drive through. I would have loved to have stopped the van to get some more video but alas, the pics I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 9th, 2008 3 Comments »
The next morning we boarded a van to take us to the famed Perfume Pagoda. It was the pagoda that attracted us as much as the row boat through rice patties and rural mountains. The van was clearly built for Vietnamese as I couldn’t have fit in my seat if I was 12. Only a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 7th, 2008 3 Comments »
We’re locked and loaded… please go back and check out the videos from the last post which should be working now!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5th, 2008 3 Comments »
(Thanks to the wonderful Mark Baseggio we will now show many videos to complement our sharing of experiences with you - enjoy!)
Oh how wonderful to be on the road again. Our arrival in Vietnam was uneventful and as in Cambodia, our taxi was just a dude with a beat-up 80’s Honda. The first and most [...]