Friday, April 14, 2006

Greetings from Vietnam















After crusing through the former British colony of Hong Kong and spending a lovely day at the former Portugese colony of Macau, I've made my way to Vietnam, also known as Indochine to the French.



I spent a day in Hanoi with my friend Christen, her boyfriend Josh and their friend Vinny, and Vinny and I boarded an 8-hour train Sunday evening and headed for Sapa in northwestern Vietnam.



In Sapa we trekked through a couple of minority tribal villages and also took a couple of amazing motorcycle rides through mountain passes. I headed back for Hanoi and Tuesday evening and arrived at around 5am. At 7:30am, I was picked up and after a 3 hour bus ride, boarded a boat in Halong Bay, where I spent 2 days crusing around the bay filled with 3000+ limestone islands. I'll explore more of Hanoi tomorrow and will leave for Singapore tomorrow night.

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