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Waddling with the (Former) Enemy

  By Robert Reid | June 22, 2007 - 11:41 am | Uncategorized
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I don’t chase down ‘American War’ sites or often bring it up in conversations here. It’s not out of creating some sort of faux pas, or dodging the reality that the US and Vietnam were in war a few decades ago. I rarely … Read on →

Tagged Cat Ba, Hospital Cave, Romanian pharmacists, Vietnam War

Tour Guides on DIY Trips

  By Robert Reid | June 21, 2007 - 8:06 am | Uncategorized
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In Cat Ba island where something new for me is streaming along the streets — Vietnamese tourists. Ten years ago, when I was living in Saigon, destinations were pretty much the turf of sunburnt foreigners toting backpacks or the occasional wheeled suitcase. Now … Read on →

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Pythons & Biceps in Hanoi’s Outskirts

  By Robert Reid | June 16, 2007 - 11:12 pm | RO-Travel, Uncategorized
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Just leaving the Water Puppet performance in central Hanoi — where tourists pack into tight rows of plush red seats in an air-conditioned hall to watch an hour-long performance of dancing fishes, dragon, turtles, farmers splash in the water to a live soundtrack … Read on →

Tagged Hanoi circus, Kajagoogoo, nightclub opening, pythons

Sapa Tours… It’s a Frenzy!

  By Robert Reid | June 16, 2007 - 7:27 am | Uncategorized
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Sometimes researching guidebooks just means being a tourist. Sapa emerged as a must-stop itinerary-changer, with high mountains, traditional H’mong and Red Giay villages and cool temperatures in the far north of Vietnam. Fancy hotels are there now, and fancy tourists, even though it … Read on →

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Watching TV in Sapa

  By Robert Reid | June 12, 2007 - 7:24 am | Uncategorized
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BETTER THAN A MUSEUM?Travel isn’t a full-time deal unless you let it get out of hand. I find — whether I’m in Yakutsk, Sliven or Bac Ha — I end up turning on the TV a bit, if there’s one available. Coming into … Read on →

Tagged no dogs, Price is Right, Robot Wars, TV in Vietnam

Backroads Mishaps en route to Bac Ha

  By Robert Reid | June 11, 2007 - 5:00 am | Uncategorized
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I’ve long been saying that in Vietnam anything’s possible: where there’s a will, there’s usually a way. I may need to revise that after a disasterous two-day trip to Bac Ha, a minority town of H’mong people near the Chinese border, an overnight … Read on →

Tagged Bac Ha, motorbike nightmares, piglets, the new Sapa
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