visiting Vietnam – Page 2 – Francesca's Thoughts

23/02/2017

Tết in Saigon

We arrived in Vietnam from Phnom Penh just before Tết, the lunar new year (what everyone knows as Chinese new year), thinking it would be a New Year’s Eve celebration similar to home: fireworks, street parties, raucous festivities… What actually happens is that most people go home for the holidays, clean their homes and shut Continue reading

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15/02/2017

The Ho Chi Minh City War Remnants Museum

I was going to merge this post with another, because I’m terribly behind on sharing what we’ve been up to (I’m writing this from Hue, central Vietnam, which I think is our fourth place since leaving Saigon) but on reflection it deserves its own title. Dedicated almost entirely to the Vietnam War, the War Remnants Museum isn’t Continue reading

February 2017, THE WORLD *head in hands*

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10/02/2017

Coconut Candy & Crocodiles: the Mekong Delta

Hi from Vietnam! We’ve been here a couple of weeks already and done a lot, and I’m going to post slightly randomly, because we did a few more museums and – surprise! – they were grim. So to start, here is our day trip from south from Saigon (that’s Ho Chi Minh City to anyone who Continue reading

February 2016, South East Asia 2017

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