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Continue reading →: Cambodia: Day 9 – Phnom Penh
Oosh that 6am alarm doesn’t get any easier 🥱. Today we are saying tạm biệt to Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam and សួស្តី (suostei) to Phnom Penh and Cambodia (joking of course… we never made it past Cảm ơn in Vietnam and I took one look at the Cambodian…
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Continue reading →: Vietnam: Day 8 – Mekong Delta & Ho Chi Minh City
It’s the start of week 2 in South East Asia, and our last full day in Vietnam, but (as with every other) our schedule is jam packed for today. We meet tour guide Kevin in our hotel lobby after breakfast and wait for the bus to arrive. Today we will…
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Continue reading →: Vietnam: Day 7 – Ho Chi Minh City
Coming up to the end of first week on this trip and I can’t believe how fast it’s going. Today a guide is taking us round ago Ho Chi Minh City – his name is Kevin. From the hotel we drive out to district 1, passing the US embassy on…
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Continue reading →: Vietnam: Day 6 – Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City
Morning. Didn’t get a great night’s sleep last night. Was convinced I heard voices and music coming from the hotel hallway at 3am. No one else heard it, so I’m not so sure. This morning we leave Hanoi to head to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). The bus taking…
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Continue reading →: Vietnam: Day 5 – Halong Bay & Hanoi
It’s the fifth day of our holiday and the lack of sleep is really starting to catch up with me. A 5:45am alarm call is the third 6am or earlier wake up in a row. However this morning is for good reason. Still aboard the Hera cruise somewhere in Ha…
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Continue reading →: Vietnam: Day 4 – Ha Long Bay
…alas today was indeed the day. We saw our first McDonald’s at an out of town shopping centre. Didn’t get a chance to stop though. Anyway, today was the long awaited and much anticipated trip out to Ha Long bay. Unfortunately that meant a 6am start 🥱 We were told…
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Continue reading →: Vietnam: Day 3 – Ninh Binh & Hanoi
After two days of intense city sightseeing in Hanoi, today’s plan was to head out to the province of Ninh Binh. It’s about 100km away from Hanoi and known for its green rolling mountains and slower pace of life. Last night was a late night, and the 7am alarm clock…
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Continue reading →: Vietnam: Day 2 – Hanoi
Onto Day 2 in Hanoi, and after breakfast we were collected by our tour guide Ly for a city tour. The tour began at Huu Tiep Lake – a small little oasis in the middle of the city. Back in 1972, in the middle of the Vietnam War (here known…
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Continue reading →: Vietnam: Day 1 – Hanoi
We arrived into Hanoi from Dublin at around 7am local time this morning (via Doha). Upon arrival, it looked like immigration weren’t equipped to deal with us. There were about 5/6 staff covering passport checks for some 400/500 travellers and queues weren’t really moving. We must have spent around 90 minutes in…
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