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Forum: Asia
Jun 12th, 2012, 02:34 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>The End: Saigon & the Mekong Delta</b> ...

<b>The End: Saigon & the Mekong Delta</b>

The cab ride from Tan Son Nhat airport to our hotel, The Liberty Central, took the better part of forty-five minutes. Saigon - as everyone I spoke to in...
Forum: Asia
Jun 7th, 2012, 11:05 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b> Central Vietnam: Hoi An & Hue </b> The...

<b> Central Vietnam: Hoi An & Hue </b>

The café – across from a broad street from the train station in Lao Cai - was packed with westerners waiting for the train. Mee insisted on staying with us...
Forum: Asia
May 29th, 2012, 02:40 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>Foggy Mountain Breakdown: Sapa</b> When...

<b>Foggy Mountain Breakdown: Sapa</b>

When we arrived at the Sapa Boutique Hotel, our room wasn’t ready yet. We added our luggage to the small mountain of suitcases accumulating in the lobby and...
Forum: Asia
May 23rd, 2012, 11:24 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

@aprillilacs - We saw more French than Americans...

@aprillilacs - We saw more French than Americans all through the north. There were, however, a fair number of Americans in Sapa. I'm going away for a long weekend, will resume narrative when I...
Forum: Asia
May 23rd, 2012, 05:10 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>Northern Vietnam #2: Six Days on the Road</b>...

<b>Northern Vietnam #2: Six Days on the Road</b>

Our Tonkin Travel guide (Manh) and driver (Vung) showed up promptly the next morning and we were on the road a little after 8:30. Our destination...
Forum: Asia
May 22nd, 2012, 08:15 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>Northern Vietnam #1: Hanoi and Halong Bay </b>...

<b>Northern Vietnam #1: Hanoi and Halong Bay </b>

Hanoi rocks. And Hanoi annoyed. The air was a miasma of exhaust fumes, charcoal smoke, and smoke from cigarettes and the burning of “ghost...
Forum: Asia
May 16th, 2012, 10:45 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

@ms_go re the windshield wiper/turn signal -...

@ms_go re the windshield wiper/turn signal - that's just the way we roll!
Forum: Asia
May 16th, 2012, 07:53 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>At the Beach: Southern Thailand</b> We...

<b>At the Beach: Southern Thailand</b>

We took a cab early to the Chiang Mai Airport for our two-leg/two airline (Bangkok Air and Air Asia) trip to Krabi Airport in southern Thailand. The trip...
Forum: Asia
May 8th, 2012, 04:58 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>Northern Thailand #2 – Chiang Mai and on the...

<b>Northern Thailand #2 – Chiang Mai and on the Road </b>

We slept in our last morning at the hotel La Luna, then killed time until we took a songthaew to the bus station for our 12:15 bus to...
Forum: Asia
May 2nd, 2012, 04:29 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>Northern Thailand #1: Chiang Rai – Dengue by...

<b>Northern Thailand #1: Chiang Rai – Dengue by Day, Malaria by Night</b>

The Chiang Kong Teak Garden Hotel was pleasant. While it was a newly built budget hotel it had everything needed for a...
Forum: Asia
Apr 23rd, 2012, 07:10 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

Thanks everyone for your wonderful responses. ...

Thanks everyone for your wonderful responses. I'll be posting next leg (regarding Chiang Rai in northern Thailand) later this week. I'm having a hard time thinking of an appropriate song title...
Forum: Asia
Apr 16th, 2012, 02:38 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>Rolling on the River: Mekong Cruise</b> ...

<b>Rolling on the River: Mekong Cruise</b>

Our boat was leaving early. We arose at 5:30 and rolled our suitcases out of the Apsara around 6:00. As fortune would have it, we only needed to go...
Forum: Asia
Apr 10th, 2012, 04:40 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>Down by the River: Luang Prabang</b> ...

<b>Down by the River: Luang Prabang</b>

Shortly after take-off in Siem Reap, our Lao flight attendants distributed a tiny box lunch – a pork roll and some discolored apple slices. What seemed...
Forum: Asia
Apr 6th, 2012, 06:39 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>Holiday in Cambodia</b> We awoke early our...

<b>Holiday in Cambodia</b> We awoke early our last morning in Bangkok, ate a hasty breakfast then caught a cab to the airport. We made good time and arrived early to find our flight to Siem Reap...
Forum: Asia
Apr 5th, 2012, 08:11 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

@sf7307 - Have you tried Asian grocery stores? ...

@sf7307 - Have you tried Asian grocery stores? I've seen pomelos there both times I've gone after we got back in early March. Also banana flowers and palm sugar and golden mangoes by the crate for...
Forum: Asia
Apr 5th, 2012, 06:38 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,904
Posted By gottravel

<b>One Night (and More) in Bangkok</b> Well, it...

<b>One Night (and More) in Bangkok</b> Well, it seemed like a good idea. And it was in concept: Leave New Year’s Eve and we’d have the first leg of our trip (from IAD to Rome) pretty much to...
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