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Caption: SOUTH VIETNAM ROADTRIP APRIL 2019
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Caption: WITH ONLY SLIGHTLY OVER TWO WEEKS OF TIME, WE’VE DECIDED TO TRAVEL ONLY THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY AND COME BACK NEXT TIME TO VISIT NORTH.
ENJOY THE JOURNEY😉
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Caption: Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon is a crazy overcrowded city with almost 15mil citizens
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Caption: Bicycle or motorcycle are the most common ways to get around the city
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Caption: Our first attempt to cross the street. It was successful but scary enough 😉
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Caption: There is around 7.5Mil motorcycles in the Saigon alone
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Caption: Sunset with evening traffic
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Caption: Street food
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Caption: Downtown 😉
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Caption: Streets of Saigon
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Picture of Mũi Né
Caption: Mui Ne near Phan Thiet was our next stop and it was so different
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Caption: After bustling Saigon, this place was quiet with almost no tourists and only locals
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Caption: Vietnamese fishing boats
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Caption: More sunsets with fishing boats
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Caption: Streets of Mui Ne
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Caption: Locals preparing fishing boats for morning
Picture of Mui Ne Fishing Village Market
Caption: Fish market in Mui je was brilliant, so much seafood and fishes and all fresh out of the ocean
Video of Phan Thiet
Caption: Fishing boats
Picture of Fairy Stream
Caption: 18km northeast of Phan Thiet you’ll find “Fairy Stream”. With dramatic landscape of reds, whites, oranges sand dunes on one side while the other is an expansive field of verdant trees, blossoming flowers, and coconut palms.
The stream is about ankle-deep for the most part and the water is flowing from Ham Tien’s Dinh Mountains.
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Caption: Our next stop was Nha Trang
Picture of Hòn Mun
Caption: There are several little islands around that are accessible by boat but most of them were totally overcrowded by tourists
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Caption: Massive tourists complex near Nha Trang
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Caption: If you search hard, you can also find a nice quiet place in Nha Trang without loud tourists
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Caption: This island was actually less crowded and really pretty
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Caption: Bird view of the island
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Caption: We didn’t stay long in Nha Trang and this time we’ve decided to use Vietnamese Trains
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Caption: Food service in the train
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Caption: From Nha Trang through Quy Nhon and Dieu Tri towards Da Nang
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Caption: It was lovely to ride through the country and watch life through the window
Video of Thôn Giang Nam
Caption: Vietnamese street coffee 😉 Delicious 😋
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Caption: Living next to the rail
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Caption: Finally arrived in Da Nang
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Caption: Dragon Bridge was my favorite one in Da Nang
Video of An Hải Trung
Caption: Street food from Da Nang Food Market
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Caption: I think this city was just too full of tourists and feel very fake
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Caption: Street of Hoi An
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Caption: Tourist traps in Hoi An
Video of Da Nang
Caption: Back in Da Nang
Picture of Ba Na Hills Đà Nẵng
Caption: Early morning riding up to Ba Na Hills Sunworld park to be one of the first on the top
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Caption: To be able to see this beautiful bridge without crowds of people
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Caption: It does look Epic
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Caption: Hands of God
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Caption: Pretty views fro the top of the Ba Na Hills
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Caption: Buddhist temple
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Caption: City scape of Da Nang over the bay
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Caption: Da Nang beaches
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Caption: When she’s happy I’m happy too
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Caption: Chillin in the beach
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Caption: Paradise 🏖
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Caption: Buddha Statue looking at Da Nang
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Caption: View from our hotel
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Caption: Pool and view of night Da Nang
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Caption: Da Nang at down
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Caption: Ancient Hindu City build between 4th and 14th Century by the kings of Champa about 70Km from Da Nang.
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Caption: Spectacular abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples in a valley roughly two kilometres wide that is surrounded by two mountain ranges.
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Caption: Vietnamese kids on school trip
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Caption: Back in the jungle called Saigon 😉✌🏻
Picture of Mekong Delta River
Caption: Boat Trip through the lush forest around Mekong river
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Caption: Mekong
Picture of Vinh Trang Pagoda
Caption: Large temple with huge Buddha statues
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Caption: Our last stop before coming back to Saigon and flying back home
Vinh Trang Pagoda
Caption: For more info and pictures, please check my blog at alanisko.co.uk 🇻🇳 Vietnam x Alan