2 weeks - Vietnam and Cambodia, or just one?

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Joined today, 6 posts in total and all about Nam like you were from their tourist board

 

[Joe Chi Min]

From Khe Sanh to Phong Nga the scenery is fucking amazeballs I haven't got a decent camera nor an eye for a good photo but here…

 

[Joe Chi Min]

Wasn’t so keen on Phong Nga itself, the town, but the caves there are wicked. I think one of them is the largest cave in the world and apparently some British blokes ‘found’ it quite recently

 

[Joe Chi Min]

Then I went to a little coastal town an Australian friend of mine recommended, Dong Hoi is the name. Stayed in a chalet right on the beach for 4-5 quid. The old church (which was almost completely bombed out) is the only remaining structure in the town from before the US campaign

 

[Supine]

So I headed north from Hue to check out Kangaroo Bar in Danang and pelt it over the Hai Van pass.

Nice place. I like the owners

 

[Joe Chi Min]

Yeah I asked for them but they weren’t in town. There were some alright Aussie blokes who seemed a permanent fixture in the outside seating area, knocking back the Bia Saigons.

They’ve opened-up a curry place right next door too.

Nice place. I like the owners

 

[Joe Chi Min]

Vinh Moc tunnels, 16 of the 17 babies born down there are still alive and living in the surrounding area. Would be amazing to meet them but dunno how to go about it.

6 years down there, such resilience

 

[Joe Chi Min]

Fuck it I may as well finish what I came here for. This place seems almost as exclusive as the aristocracy.



Nice little lighthouse town close to Vinh Moc tunnels

 

[Joe Chi Min]

I went to Vinh next to see Uncle Ho’s birthplace and to have a look at

International Solidarity Rebuilt Postwar Vietnam

During the Vietnam War, the city of Vinh was almost destroyed by US bombing. Socialists around the world helped rebuild it. Today, Vinh's architecture stands as a monument to that internationalist solidarity.

jacobin.com

 

[Joe Chi Min]

Obvs Hanoi was next (or maybe not obvs cos I did skip Ninh Binh).

 

[Joe Chi Min]

Hanoi

 

[Joe Chi Min]

I have a friend from Hanoi who claims Vietnamese people are mostly lazy, which contradicts what the French used to say, that: ‘The Vietnamese plant the rice, the Cambodians watch it grow’ Fuck what they think anyway..

 

[Joe Chi Min]

Ma Pi Leng

If you know you know

 

[Joe Chi Min]

This is me driving my sexy-ass Honda Wave 110cc up to Ha Giang and Ban Gioc.





Some really stunning road on this part. Wonderful experience.

 

[Joe Chi Min]

All the way down to Cat Ba now, clocked some serious mileage…



Man it was chilly on that island

 

[Joe Chi Min]

Hospital cave on Cat Ba

 

[Joe Chi Min]

My sexy travel partner, I sure do miss her

 

[Joe Chi Min]