Ha Tien (Vietnam)

Advantages: cheap cheerful full of culture
Disadvantages: the people are so tiny you feel like a giant

...i loved vietnam from the moment i stepped off the plane. Even through it was monsoon season and rained most of the time. The people are friendly the food is excellent the nightlife amazing. Vietnam was not at all what i was expecting. On visiting the war museum in Ho Chi Ming City I cryed as it is so emotional reading the stories and some of the pictures are quite horrific. You have to be careful on the raods as there are so many bikes it can be quite dangerous. One thing i found amazing is the girls when out keep themselves completely covered up from the sun as they want to stay as pale as possible as white is very beautiful in there country. I will definately be going again in the future before it is too commercial.... Read review

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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. CLIMATE 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 and jewelry etc... Read review

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Advantages: very beautifull landscape
Disadvantages: often Mist

...The bay of Along will be my last article concerning Vietnam.. Geography and history: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Situated in the north Vietnam to the mouth of the red stream, along bay is the sought after place to Vietnam. Group of more than 3200 islands, the name would mean in former Vietnamese "the dragon who descends." An old legend Vietnamese saying that a dragon would have descended of the sky to protect the country of the invasion of foreign, notably Chinese armadas., Chinese having occupied during 1000 years this place. 2 times the Vietnamese were able to stop in these waters Chinese invasions to the 9eme and 12eme century. The journey: * * * * * * * * * * * * * Departure of Hanoi, renting taken by the hotel price 70 CUSTOMS dollars. The prices in Vietnam being indeed... Read review

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