Backpacking Days: Halong Bay, Vietnam

October 2009 I should say that the highlight of this getaway was spending the night in Halong Bay. Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi were also exciting, but it was my first time to sleep on a boat, and not a moving one this time. I slept on moving ferries during overnight trips in the Philippines. We rode a van from Hanoi […]

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 […]