Backpacking Days: Hanoi, Vietnam Part 1

October 2009 Outside Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh, I saw a statue located in the roundabout and took a picture. I found out later it was that of a Vietnamese hero, Tran Nguyen Hai. We could have visited other places in the city, but we needed to catch a flight to Hanoi that day. The […]

Backpacking Days: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

October 2009 I lost most of the pictures taken during this trip after my old laptop was reformatted. Good thing I was able to save some pictures. This getaway was part of a backpacking trip with friends for almost two weeks. We packed only the essentials to avoid checking in baggage. From Phnom Penh, we rode a […]