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Framing Mekong Delta

Posted by Pktan on Apr 28th, 2009
File Under: Mekong Delta

Mekong Delta
Photo by karolajnat

Mekong Delta: Boats on the Mekong Delta, near Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
Photo by mikecolvin82

Mekong Delta
Photo by karolajnat

Mekong Delta
Photo by groucho

Mekong Delta: Floating market
Photo by Lulugaia

Mekong Delta Fishing
Photo by strevs

Mekong Delta Houses
Photo by eurodrifter

Mekong Delta: Loading pumpkins
Photo by txipiflick

Mekong Delta: Finished loading
Photo by txipiflick

Mekong Delta: Floating Market
Photo by aldovanzeeland

Mekong Delta: Cai Rang [...]


Framing Cat Ba

Posted by Pktan on Apr 28th, 2009
File Under: Cat Ba

Cat Ba Island
Photo by lvovsky

Cat Ba Rock
Photo by lvovsky

Cat Ba harbour: The beatuiful Cat Ba harbour full of boats and ships of all shapes and sizes, from fishing vessels, to tiny rowboats to the large traditional junks built for tourists.
Photo by mckaysavage

Cat Ba Island, Vietnam
Photo by rapidacid

Local Supermarket – Cat Ba Island
Photo by ccdoh1

Swimming Supermarket: [...]


Framing Hoi An

Posted by Pktan on Apr 28th, 2009
File Under: Hoi An

Sunset Over Hoi An
Photo by Ewan Cross

Hoi An Market: Vietnamese women selling vegetables in Hoi An market.
Photo by yiping lim

Hoi An market
Photo by jonasphoto

Market at Hoi An
Photo by Mel F

Hoi An, Vietnam
Photo by Tph567

Hoi An
Photo by One Great Click

Misty morning in Hoi An, Vietnam: This was the view form my hotel window
Photo by Anguskirk

Reflections of [...]


Framing Hue

Posted by Pktan on Apr 28th, 2009
File Under: Hue

Hue Riders: Ao dai wearing cyclists in the Citadel at Hue
Photo by a song under the sugar sugar

Perfume River Sunset
Photo by jeffreylowy

Water puppet theater: Water puppets are beautiful, fully articulated puppets depicting life on the Perfume River. Folktales of playful dragons, a dance of phoenixes, water buffalo, and wading maidens revealed how vital the river [...]


Framing Saigon (Ho Chi Minh)

Posted by Pktan on Apr 27th, 2009
File Under: Ho Chi Minh

Saigon from Thu Thiem bridge: Taken from the new Thu Thiem bridge (opened to traffic on 9 January 2008), this shows on the skyline the centre of Ho Chi Minh City (still refered to by locals as Saigon.) The bridge will allow the development of the left bank and presumably it won’t be long before [...]


Framing Vietnam

Posted by Pktan on Apr 27th, 2009
File Under: General

Highway Sights, Vietnam: On foot, taking up one lane on a highway and jumping to the horns going off from every car/bike that passes.
Photo by ccdoh1

Dalat Central Market, Dalat, Vietnam: I took this shot from the upstairs, prepared food level. I spent hours at this market — the produce is shown here, and there was [...]


Framing Halong Bay

Posted by Pktan on Apr 27th, 2009
File Under: Ha Long Bay

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Photo by Alessio.zz

Photo by Richard Vignola

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Vietnam

Posted by Pktan on Apr 3rd, 2009
File Under: General

Vietnam Introduction
Vietnam is a country that’s filled with beaches, friendly people and lots of great food! It is also a country where traditions meet modernizations. From the bustling streets of Hanoi and Saigon, to the terraced rice fields.
Vietnam is a very diversified country to say the least, when you travel through this amazing country, [...]


South Vietnam

Posted by Pktan on Mar 31st, 2009
File Under: General

South Vietnam covers the Mekong Delta and the area around Saigon (Ho Chi Minh). The key destinations for tourists in the south are:
Mekong Delta – Rated as one of the largest delta in the world, which is renowned for its richness, and responsible for Vietnam’s rice demand, and home to Vietnam’s famous floating market and [...]


Best time to visit Vietnam

Posted by Pktan on Mar 26th, 2009
File Under: General

With a surface stretching more than 1,800 km up the eastern shore, and a widespread differences in the altitude, Vietnam is a country of vast climate variations in different regions – North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Central Vietnam. Thus you can travel to Vietnam all year round, there’s always a nice weather in any of [...]