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What Do Travellers Do All Day?: #7 – Trains RUS, Part II – Halong Bay, Cat Ba and Hanoi, Vietnam
Never pass up a chance to sample Vietnamese Water Puppetry, but don't be afraid to decline the wine, even if it offends the whole nation.
What Do Travellers Do All Day?: #6 – Trains RUS, Part I – Sapa, Bac Ha and Hanoi, Vietnam
Lolling is much more easily done after ample samping of homemade Vietnamese whiskey and heading to the hills of Sapa.
What Do Travellers Do All Day?: #5 – Leaving Laos – Laos and Vietnam
Flying by the seat of your pants is a winning travel formula, if you can handle being certain of nothing.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #69: Hanoi & Northern Vietnam: A Courageous People Have Arisen Again – Hanoi, Vietnam
How cafe chon is made might add a new meaning to the expression "shit coffee," but Tan Wee-Cheng says it doesn't taste anything like shit.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #70: Down Highway One of Vietnam: Journey Through Ancient Kingdoms And Old Battlefields – Vietnam
Even when Highway One is dry vehicles have to shudder in and out of potholes, and it is makes Wee-Cheng ask, why am I here?
Yes, We Have No Banana Pancakes #10: Sapa – Sapa, Vietnam
Erica reports from Sapa, Vietnam, where she and Shannon joined up with a roving band of Hmong girls and drew less stares from the locals than the girls did.
Yes, We Have No Banana Pancakes #8: Hoi An, Vietnam: Vestiges of Interest – Hoi An, Vietnam
Hoi An is home to about 200 tailors and cobblers - and Shannon may have bought something from all of them.
Yes, We Have No Banana Pancakes #9: Thanh Quit: Mr. Phong\’s Neighborhood – Thanh Quit, Vietnam
As the daughter of a career Marine who survived two tours in Vietnam, it was strange for Shannon to shake hands with a former VC soldier, but she'll never forget that day.
Yes, We Have No Banana Pancakes #7: Southern Cambodia to Saigon – Cambodia and Vietnam
Shannon did make it to Siem Reap to see Angkor Wat - Wonder of the World and all that - but it was sometimes hard to feel the proper awe when surrounded by thousands of other people doing the same thi
My Son – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Living in Ho Chi Minh City, Melissa Vander Kooi fe