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Once in a lifetime-experiences in Vietnam

bjoern — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:07:28 +0000

A lot of my friends always told me: You have to visit Vietnam, it is the magical Asian country, where you get lost in history, society and the best landscape ever. And after staying ten days in this amazing country I have to say – itÂ´s alsolutly true! Hanoi and Saigon might be some normal Asian cities but My Son, Hoi An and mainly the Halong-Bay are “once in a life-time” experiences and I was happy to explore this country on my own with the whole experiences from South to North. Find attached some pictures from our travel and also an article about Joerg in Vietnam, whom I published in “Flensburger Tagblatt” and here you find more pictures online.

Same, Same but Different

bjoern — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:34:26 +0000

The days in Vietnam are passing by and it seems that I stay already for weeks in this magnificient country between Saigon and Hanoi. After experiencing the tinny but amazing effective Cu Chi-tunnels in Saigon we went up for snorckeling in Nha Trang and further on to Hoi An, which is an amazing mixture of French lifestyle and Vietnamese kindness plus great beaches. For the first time I experienced riding a motor-bike trough little vietnamese villages and had some inviews in the Cham-culture of My Son. While knowing that Angkor Wat in Cambodia is even bigger I was amazed by their abilities and the great architecture in the middle of the dschungle.

After spending some days on the road and in minibusses we finally arrived in Hanoi and relaxed two more days on boat in the Halong Bay, which is pretty touristic but an amazing adventure – life can be so easy with sunset, rocks out of the water and U2 in the ears… And we learned during the tour, that the vietnamese Slogan: “Same, Same but Different” is always right.

Back in socialism: Vietnam

bjoern — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:37:16 +0000

Only after receiving my visa from the Vietnamese embassy in Singapore I realized, that socialism is still living and that Vietnam is still a socialistic republic. A lot of rememberances from my childhood came back and I hoped to see a great country – and after four days travelling from Saigon to Hanoi I am overwhelmed! Not only the red flags and the preparation of the “Labour Day” but as well the school uniforms and Ernst-ThÃ¤lmann-Schools remember me on my childhood in GDR and make me smile.

But Vietnam is not only good history but a great country for backpacking. Together with JÃ¶rg I started from Saigon and had already great experiences in this crazy city with its millions of moto-bikes, as I visited a sauna and found out by aa German-speaking guy only after an hour, that this is the only gay-meeting place in the whole town… that explained a lot… After rescued myselfes from these experiences I had great food, was looking at poor dogs that would end soon in the soup and was snorckeling today in Nha Trang with amazing fishes and sights under water. And as temperature is same like Singapore but not as humid I enjoy life very much with great seafood and amazing low prices. Hopefully I can tell much more great stories after arriving in Hanoi but I am sure, that this country will be one of my favourite travel-destination.