Tag: “Vietnam”

36 places found.

  1. Vietnamese Posters

    In the streets of Hanoi you will find many cool looking sign and posters.
    One to celebrate the fact that the construction of a building has been completed another to warn people that that they should not get over two children

  2. Ho Chi Minh Highway

    The modern day Ho Chi Minh Trail is more symbolic than exact – it’s not the original trail, but a relatively new highway, which was completed in 2002 to the chagrin of many who believed it to be a foolish endeavor, a colossal waste of money, and a tribute to an artifact of war that represents bloodshed, death, and to some, defeat.

    Despite the images of war, a journey along this road, as it winds along the Truong Son Mountains, is one of immense beauty, with a diverse population of ethnic minorities and a varied landscape: farm land and bucolic emerald fields; soft, swelling hills; ruddy, rolling rivers; hardwood rainforests, waterfalls, miles of rice paddy, cornfields, black pepper farms, rubber tree forests, and coffee plantations.

    The best way to experience it? Hire an Easy Rider–they’re a group of freelance motorbike guides, based in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast, who take travelers on the back of their bikes to see “real Vietnam”.

  3. Vietnam Memorial

    The Vietnam Memorial is a tribute to the American Soldiers who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. This sunken black granite monument was not well recieved when it was originally proposed as many people felt that it would be a dark hole in the capitol mall and would not honor the dead.

  4. Sapa

    Sapa lies in the north west of Vietnam and is populated by myriad hill tribe minorities. It is a trekking mecca and you can reach it by overnight train from Hanoi followed by a short car ride.

  5. Marketplace, Hanoi

    The central marketplace in Hanoi:
    Where some animals are more equal than others

  6. Handicapped Handicrafts

    One of the stops during our City tour in Vietnam was a visit to Handicapped Handicrafts. Handicapped Handicrafts was established in 1976.