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for tourists wanting hot weather but European food etc. Because it is cheap it has become a well established place on the backpacker trail, a bit like Thailand twenty years ago. In fact twenty years ago other Asian countries were like this and my hope is that Vietnam does not change and become another Hong Kong, Malaysia or Thailand - lovely though those places are they have changed a lot in the last twenty years and not all for the better.
Getting there:
By plane:The nearest airport is in Danang, which has flights to Hanoi, Saigon and some to Bangkok, Singapore and Siem Reap, Cambodia (for Angkor Wat). A taxi from the airport to Hoi An costs about Ģ7 as they have a monopoly but it is far less for the return journey .
By train:There is no railway station in Hoi An and the nearest is in Danang, which has several trains a day from Hanoi, Saigon, Hue ...
catsholiday 17.07.2008 (16.12.2009)
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Advantages: Breathtaking scenery, variety, lots of culture, great shopping Disadvantages: Very noicsy, very polluted within city, wreckless driving
28,000 VIETNAM. DONG = 1 GBP (as of June 2009)
17.500 VIETNAM DONG = 1 USD (as of June 2009)
Vietnam?you may think of floating markets, boats, Vietnamese style pointy hats, beautiful scenery?.or you may think of crowded cities, lots of noise and lots of pollution?.
Well, to be honest, I didn?t really know what to expect?but it turned out to be all of the above!
We arrived in Hanoi (me and 3 friends) on June 9th 2009. We flew from Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia (KUL) directly to Hanoi with Air Asia. The flight cost us a total of around Ģ133.15 each (to be specific). It is a little expensive considering that Air Asia do have special fares and promotions a lot of the time?but we had to book it there and then really. But if you can be flexible with dates and times of booking, visit www.airasia.com and check out their promotions. It might ...
Advantages: weather more temperated than in south Disadvantages: colder people
At the end of my presence in Vietnam I could return in Hanoi.
In spite of/ its statute of capital this city is less populated that Saigon.
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Moderate, the north of Vietnam possessed 3 saisons.My trip occured at the end of May.
General impressions:
magnificent green Rice fields , one can see almost everywhere from the road the fieldsworkers men and women crouched down to plant rice or by pair with the help of big baskets with pendulums drawing water in the channels to send it in the fields of rice.
All women carry here the cone and the men the viet green military colonial helmet .Contraste astonishing of the colors with the south dry at this very moment of the year.
Poverty is here more important than in the south.
Food, and lodging seems cheaper than in Saigon but clothes ...
krakakoutas 15.09.2004
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