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Motorcycling Vietnam: Mealtime’s a Bitch

By Anne-Claire Siegert on June 11, 2011 in Asia, Featured, Photos, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

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The sound of the rooster strikes me awake with such clarity that I must not have been very asleep. In the distance it sounds like someone's dragging furniture across the clouds and the night flashes...

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Cat Ba Island: The Quieter Side of Ha Long Bay

By Robert Schrader on June 6, 2011 in Asia, Lodging, Photos, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

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With limestone “karsts” that tower above the surrounding waters like skyscrapers, Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the country’s most famous tourist attractions. This being said, the adjacent...

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Putting the Multi-modal in World Travel by Bicycle

By Claire Rogers on May 5, 2011 in Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Photos, Vietnam

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Long bicycle tours can sometimes lead to what looks like a dead end, like ending up in a Mekong River border crossing between Vietnam and Cambodia; the road forward was a path. In this case...

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Hanoi Emerald Hotel in Hanoi’s Old Quarter Hanoi

By Carole Ann Goldsmith on May 2, 2011 in Asia, Lodging, Photos, Vietnam

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The friendly driver sent from the Hanoi Emerald Hotel welcomed me with my name on a card, at Hanoi Airport. Pick up from the airport is a charge service but very helpful when arriving, if...

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Westmoreland, Abrams and Petraeus, Views of War

By Claire Rogers on May 2, 2011 in Afghanistan, Asia, Events, Featured, Iraq, Laos, Middle East, Photos, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

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General Westmoreland’s Vietnam War To give you an idea about the misplaced bravado that marked the first years of the U.S. military in Southeast Asia, Life Magazine quoted General Westmorland about the prospects for the war: “We’re going...

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Coffee Weather & Brewing It Up From the Vietnam Central Highlands

By Linh Vien Thai on April 29, 2011 in Asia, Featured, Japan, Photos, Tokyo, Vietnam

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Roadside Coffee; En-route from Bao Loc to Dalat, VietnamSo far so good. It's Saturday morning and all is well. Today it's raining sideways here in Tokyo. Strong winds, damp, overcasts, grayish, and the puddles are...

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Halong Bay in North Vietnam

By Carole Ann Goldsmith on April 28, 2011 in Asia, Photos, Vietnam

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Early morning start at 8.00 A.M., I am collected from my Hanoi hotel by Michael our tour guide. We have a three hour bus trip ahead with a 20 minute break along the way. Along the way,...

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Battle, Lam Son 719: Tchepone, Laos and the Hoh Chi Minh Trail

By Claire Rogers on April 20, 2011 in Asia, Featured, Laos, Photos, Vietnam

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We were more than a little nervous, as we rode our tandem up to the first security station at the border between Laos and Vietnam. Claire, a Western woman with a passport saying she was...

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Claire Rogers writes on cross-cultural adventure drawn from her travels across the Silk Road from Beijing to Istanbul, around Australia and of course, through Iceland–all by bike.

She’s currently traveling by tandem with her husband Bob, through southwest China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Check out NewBohemians.net for more information on their travels.

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Motorcycling Vietnam: Mealtime’s a Bitch

Cat Ba Island: The Quieter Side of Ha Long Bay

Putting the Multi-modal in World Travel by Bicycle

Hanoi Emerald Hotel in Hanoi’s Old Quarter Hanoi

Westmoreland, Abrams and Petraeus, Views of War

Coffee Weather & Brewing It Up From the Vietnam Central Highlands

Halong Bay in North Vietnam

Battle, Lam Son 719: Tchepone, Laos and the Hoh Chi Minh Trail

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