Day 11 - its still raining
16 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Well, this morning's agenda includes more walking around the old town, hopefully the typhoon will die down enough to let us see some of the really interesting buildings, not worth taking photos of theЧитать далее
Day 11 - market area
16 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Day 11. Lunch before travelling to Hue
16 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
After the old town we stopped at a brilliant restaurant for lunch before heading on to Hue
The food was absolutely stunning
Day 11 arrived in Hue
16 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
A final few from the market before we went over the dragon bridge and on to Hue
Day 12 tour of Hue
17 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Well last night ran into this morning, and today we have a rickshaw tour of Hue, assuming we all get up in time 🤣
Well it was better than walking, saw a few ancient building, but I wasn't reallyЧитать далее
Steve CatterallLol there were lots of different bird shapes but it's not pineapples , it's small spring rolls 😻
Day 13 saigon here we come
18 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Today we fly to Saigon, it's only about a 90 minute flight, so let's hope we will be out of the range of this weather front. The BBC world service weather forecast has just said that 700mm of rain hasЧитать далее
Day 13 saigon vespa ride
18 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
OH MY GOD !
I certainly wasn't expecting this, 16 vespa motorscooters arrive at the hotel to take us on a night time trip through some of Saigon's districts. It lasted from 18:30 until 23:00 and weЧитать далее
ПутешественникWOW what a night. Views and food look incredible. Much like the rest of the trip so far. What a change of scenery
Day 14 change of plans
19 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Due to some ministerial visit in the city most of the sites we were due to visit today have been closed to public visits, so our tour guide has switched our trip to the Mekong Delta to today, so we'veЧитать далее
Day 14 mekong delta
19 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Well we arrived on the Mekong Delta and started with a sanpan ride along the river passing by the mangrove and palm
trees along the river bank to a brick factory, after that the sanpan continued to aЧитать далее
Day 14 - Ben tre
19 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
I’m impressed! You’ll be getting a bike again when you come back x [Lisa]
Day 15 more Ben Tre
20 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
More exploring the delta today, can't believe how hot and humid it is at 7:00. I think we are visiting a bonsai nursery today and this evening heading back to Saigon for a couple of nights beforeЧитать далее
Day 15 war remnants museum
20 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Back in Saigon and a visit to the war remnants museum.
Quite harrowing really, it covers all the war and the continuing after effects of agent orange.
It's ironic that there appear to be severalЧитать далее
Day 15 pics
20 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Pics of journey back to Saigon , including a very clever dog !
Day 15 more
20 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ 🌩️ 28 °C
Went exploring the town and came across a bar, so stopped for a beer and meal. After the meal we were invited up to the third floor to an acoustic session, we were the only Europeans in the place andЧитать далее
Chu chi tunnel pics
21 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Day 16, the cu chi tunnels
21 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
...another must do is this visit to the cu chi tunnel system.
The VC Soldiers used the network of underground routes to house troops, transport communications and supplies, lay booby traps and mountЧитать далее
Day 16 lunch
21 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
..stopped for lunch at chef Tan's cooking school, apparently chef Luong Viet Tan was a MasterChef in Australia and he now teaches about self sufficiency by growing the food for his kitchen
He teachesЧитать далее
Day 16 independence palace
21 октября 2023 г., Вьетнам ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
The independence palace is the place where a North Vietnamese tank crashed through the main gates to end the war.
It's quite an impressive building that is set back in time to April 1975. The roomsЧитать далее
Steve CatterallLol they were wriggling around, the guy selling them ate one to show me how they eat them alive, but I couldn't do it 😵💫
Day 17 farewell saigon , hello Siem Reap
22 октября 2023 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Well it's goodbye to Vietnam and hello to Cambodia today, we fly out of Saigon and direct to Siem Reap and tonight it's off to the circus 🎪, no idea what to expect so watch this space....
WellЧитать далее
Day 17 - Phare circus
22 октября 2023 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
..we all had seats for the Phare circus which has the aim of taking children from the streets and teaching them a skill and trade.
What a really good show, only an hour long but well worthwhile,Читать далее
ПутешественникNice to see that’s what the circus was and not poor animals! Seems like a good idea to help the people into work! Xx
Day 18 - Angkor Wat
23 октября 2023 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Angkor Wat Temple pics, it wasn't as crowded as I had been expecting.
Originally it was a Hindu temple but was converted to Buddhist.
Day 18 Ta promh temple
23 октября 2023 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
The temple has been used in quite a few films,such as tomb raider. it's amazing to see how the jungle has taken over and kapok trees and strangler figs are now growing out of the ruins.
Путешественник
Look at the size of the trees and roots! 😱 wow. What a beautiful place
Day 18 bridge
23 октября 2023 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Путешественник
Wow that’s a brilliant photo! Incredible the detail in the stonework
Day 18 - bayon temple
23 октября 2023 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
This was the state temple in the heart of Angkor Thom.
Day 18 - temples
23 октября 2023 г., Камбоджа ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Well the schedule is all over the place but I think we are going to visit the temples today 🥴
ПутешественникOooo well while in Cambodia you HAVE to visit temples lol- I can’t wait to see photos! Everything you’ve done so far has looked great! What a trip! Xx
The flooding was just mentioned in our news, hope the weather clears soon! Looks like a great trip although I don’t think I’d be eating much looking at the menus haha x [Lisa x]
Steve CatterallIt's really brilliant, weather not really causing a problem , get wet thru but change at dinner and again at tea 🤣🤣 3 lots of clothes each day