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22 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis
This is Cambodia, previously known as Campuchia. I could never understand why a country would change it's name, until I went back about a year ago, but that's a whole new post. I took a trip to Phnom Penh because I had been in the country for a c...
21 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis
This is the Reunification Palace in To Chi Minh City. It was here that the peace treaty to negotiate the end of the Vietnam War was signed. It was once the home of the Southern Vietnamese Government but is now a museum. (In case you had trouble...
21 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis
Wandering around the markets in Vietnam is a cacophony of sights, colours, sounds and smells. Fresh chicken anyone? I once had a girlfriend who asked if I'd like chicken for dinner. When I came home, she had slaughtered the chicken in my kitchen si...
20 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis
Water Buffalo are very common in Asia, particularly South East Asia and Northern Australia. They have many uses including working on the land and for food. In Australia, they are mainly wild but also farmed for food. They make a particularly good s...
17 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis
Beautiful Parks of Saigon In normal times, parks are a very popular place for locals and tourists alike. Nearly every city in Vietnam takes great pride in their parks. Tao Đàn Park not far from the city centre is one of the most popular in...
16 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis
Rubber trees are a really popular crop around Củ chi, an hour or so out of Ho Chi Minh City. After leaving the tunnels, we stopped and wandered around the plantation. We met one of the workers who was happy to have his photo taken. They score th...
15 Apr 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Ghengis
The locals like to call this "The Golden Gate Bridge". This is an interesting "seasonal" bridge just Outside of Nha Trang. During the wet season, the water level rises and the bridge gets washed away, so then they set up a ferry. Once the wat...
12 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis
This is the entrance to the shooting range near the end of the tour. The Củ Chi tunnels attraction has hundreds of displays including was dummies showing various tasks that were performed. People actually lived in these tunnels - they had hospi...
12 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis
Củ Chi tunnels is about an hour outside of Ho Chi Minh City. The Củ Chi tunnels were the location of several military campaigns during the Vietnam War, and were the Viet Cong's base of operations for the Tết Offensive in 1968. There is a mass...
11 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Ghengis
We stayed at Hùng's homestay in Can Tho. The first night we had a cooking class on how to make Deep Fried Spring Rolls. The first few I did didn't look too good but I quickly got the hang of it. They were delicious! The next morning Captain H...
