Archive for October, 2005

Day 6 - Vietnam (Sapa Hill Tribe Trekking)

« 30 October 2005 | 21:57 | Vietnam | No Comments »

I was looking forward to my first sleep-in this morning- until I was woken up for breakfast. I ate an omlette with pretty much everything in it before meeting our guide to beginw trekking the Sapa Mountain Range. Shortly after leaving the tourist trails it really began to feel like one of those “out of […]



Day 5 - Vietnam (Sapa)

« 29 October 2005 | 21:55 | Vietnam | No Comments »

This morning we woke up very early to begin our drive to Sapa. For breakfast I had bacon and eggs that wouldn’t really feed a mouse, but it was enough none the less
Our drive began out towards the airport. Let me take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about what i’ve […]



Day 4 - Vietnam (Hanoi City Tour)

« 29 October 2005 | 21:54 | Vietnam | No Comments »

Greetings! Or should I say “ciao” in vietnamese.
Today we did a full day tour of Hanoi city, which was very insightful. A school boy spilled iced tea on my feet, and I almost trod in a little girl relieving herself on the footpath. But those are just the bad bits. The good bits were pretty […]



Day 3 - Vietnam

« 27 October 2005 | 21:53 | Vietnam | No Comments »

Greetings from ‘nam! I am sitting here in Hanoi city with hundreds of people whizzing past me on motorcycles. It is a very daunting place, but I think I am beginning to find my way around. The flight over here was good, and didn’t seem like long at all. I got 2 seats to myself- […]



Vietnam Tour Itinerary

« 23 October 2005 | 21:52 | Vietnam | No Comments »

DAY 1: ( 25/10 ) ARRIVAL - HANOI On arrival at Noi Bai Airport, you are met and transferred to hotel. Ha Noi , Vietnam’s capital, is a stylish and gracious city that retains an unique old world charm and some Asia ’s most striking colonial architecture. The many lakes and parks make for relaxing […]



Vietnam Flight Itinerary

« 23 October 2005 | 21:46 | Uncategorized, Vietnam | No Comments »

Adelaide(06:00)–>Sydney Sydney–>Hanoi
 
Tour Vietnam for 10 days
 
Thurs 4th Nov: Hanoi–>Paris
 
Fri 5th Nov: Paris–>London London–>Guernsey
 
Guernsey sightseeing (Channel Islands)
 
Thurs 11 Nov: Guernsey–>London London–>Dublin
 
Meet up with bec, sample some guinness.
 
Sun 21 Nov: Dublin–>London
 
Train up to Leicester, then on to Edinburgh (Scotland). Train down to Manchester When I get tired of that
 
Wed 22 Dec: Manchester–>Paris Paris–>Ho Chi Minh (saigon)
 
Thurs 23 […]