Vietnam travel stories

Hooray for Hanoi!

We made it to Hanoi!!!! How simple it was to write those words and yet how different it was to actually do! Simon said he fancied 'some adventure' and we were both tir...

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An Incident at Tien Sha

The USS Eldorado, LCC11 sailed into Da Nang harbor on a warm morning, the machine guns had been mounted on the rails and their crews and the crew of the five inch gun were in flack jackets and helm...

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LZ - Cambodia - April 25th 2005

"I was going to the worst place in the world and I didn't even know it yet. He was close. He was real close. I couldn't see him yet, but I could feel him. As if the boat were being suck...

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LZ - Sapa - April 13th 2005

Operation Flying Hmong A short afternoon in Hanoi was all that I had before I was off to experience my first Vietnamese train ride. This ride would be on the overnighter that would dump me just s...

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LZ - Halong Bay - April 7th 2005

Ha - "descending" Long - "dragon" Little did the Vietnamese know that in just two short days the name of their beloved jewel and soon to be biggest tourist attraction would be renamed. And so Ope...

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