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Hue – Hue, Vietnam

December 21, 2008 0 steve

Great hotel in Hué but despite being exhausted we went straight out for slow brunch then boat ride. Visited the Thien Mu Pagoda which stands on the northern bank of the Perfumed River. A building to the rear also house the Austin car used by Thích Quang Duc, the monk who burnt himself to death in 1963 to protest against…

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Light lunch – Hanoi, Vietnam

December 20, 2008 0 steve

Eating some very strange foods in Hanoi, plus a tour of the towns main sights

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No water puppets – Hanoi, Vietnam

December 19, 2008 0 steve

Suffering from an excess of rice wine, we narrowly avoid a Vietnamese Water Puppets show in Hanoi

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Bad Prawns – Halong Bay, Vietnam

December 18, 2008 0 steve

Useful lesson of the day: If asked how your Vietnamese meal tastes, don’t say “yum-yum”. It sounds like the Vietnamese for “I’m horny”, which can confuse the waitress. Halong Bay was the first UNESCO site and is a series of 3,000 islands rising steeply out of 17,000sq km of sea, and means Descending Dragon Bay. We had a boat to…

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Gutter life – Hanoi, Vietnam

December 17, 2008 0 steve

A minor accident in Hanoi, whilst on the search for Pho

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Something fishy – Vientiane, Laos

December 16, 2008 0 steve

Visiting a Vietnamese fish sauce factory on the way to Vientiane

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Tubing – Vang Vieng, Laos

December 15, 2008 0 steve

Floating down the river on a tractor tyre, in Vang Vieng. It's good fun, but probably not great for the town.

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Friends – Vang Vieng, Laos

December 14, 2008 0 steve

A long day of driving, a lot of drinking and the end of the day spent laying on sofas watching re-runs of Friends in Vang Vieng

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Masterchef – Luang Prabang, Laos

December 13, 2008 0 steve

Everyone else had an undeserved lie-in whilst I got up and went to a cookery course at the Tum Tum Cheng restaurant and cooking school. It started off with a shopping trip to a local market where we strolled amongst the fresh vegetable and rotting fishes, getting an understanding of the different ingredients (and swearing to avoid any more fish…

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Early Start, Late Finish – Luang Prabang, Laos

December 12, 2008 0 steve

Our first day in Luang Prabang, considered to be the Jewel of Laos. We visited the King's Museum containing gifts from world leaders

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Hue – Hue, Vietnam

Light lunch – Hanoi, Vietnam

No water puppets – Hanoi, Vietnam

Bad Prawns – Halong Bay, Vietnam

Gutter life – Hanoi, Vietnam

Something fishy – Vientiane, Laos

Tubing – Vang Vieng, Laos

Friends – Vang Vieng, Laos

Masterchef – Luang Prabang, Laos

Early Start, Late Finish – Luang Prabang, Laos

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