The Cube

We reached Lao Cai at about 3++ pm. The train tonight at 9 pm. There isn't much in Lao Cai, besides we didnt want to wander to off anyway. The only option was walking around the area near the railway station. We walked left from the railway station and found ourselves back to...

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Trains are punctual in Vietnam. One is required to be board the train earlier. Taking a cab from Old Quarter to the railway station (30,000 VND) after a tasty meal of Cha Ca La Vong (one of Hanoi's famous specialty) for dinner and cocktail for dessert, we found ourselves at another station, not...

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The skinny buildings and the low laying cables, the busy crossroads, the lake in the middle of the town, the walking peddlars or the honking vehicles seems to have a funny way to welcome people to the Old Quarter. Sleeping in one of the budget hostel or guesthouse would be woken up, not...

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It's getting a little late and I'm still having my post-holidays-syndrome but suddenly got the itch to blog, so this will be a short one. Be it in the flight to Hanoi, or the train ride from Hue to Danang or even the bus ride from HCMC to Mekong Delta, there is this...

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I feel it everyday it's all the sameIt brings me down but I'm the one to blameI've tried everything to get awaySo here I go againChasing you down againWhy do I do this?Over and over, over and overI fall for youOver and over, over and overI try not toIt feels like everyday stays...

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It was a little crazy. We wanted to go to a few places in Vietnam and not only go, we wanted to at least spend a night over, not wanting it to be too brief of a stop. Places in consideration was Hanoi, Sapa and visit the Bac Ha market as well, Halong...

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Backdate to 16/3/2008Note: Wrote this down in Lotteria, easiest to be the only fast food chain I've seen in Vietnam thus far. Both at railway stations - one up north in Hanoi and the other here in Saigon. (edit: saw KFC in Saigon town later on)It is now 5.20 am in the morning....

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