by Radu Polizu | Mar 4, 2007 | Blog, Vietnam
I had to see the sunrise if I stay so close to the beach, so I woke up at 5:30am and went to the beach. I thought that I would be alone but the surprise was beyond me to find, before the sunrise, the beach and the waterfront full of people who were jogging, caring...
by Radu Polizu | Mar 4, 2007 | Blog, Vietnam
The minibus was extremely punctual. At 7:30 am when I was finishing editing the blog was right in front of the hotel to pick me up from Dalat and bring me to the main bus office to leave for Nha Trang, a city on the coast of the South China Sea. The road was through...
by Radu Polizu | Mar 3, 2007 | Blog, Vietnam
Dalat is a town at 1450m, developed by the French in the 19th century as a hill station, to get them out of the sultry weather of Saigon. The town is charming and is surrounded by so many interesting things like I never saw before. Trying in the morning to call the...
by Radu Polizu | Mar 2, 2007 | Blog, Vietnam
Last day in Saigon. Great city and leaving it is done with sorrow. I left in the morning to see the two main sites related with the past. The Independence Palace was the seat of the South Vietnamese government, where the first North Vietnamese tanks went through the...
by Radu Polizu | Mar 1, 2007 | Blog, Vietnam
Today was great and it compensated for yesterday. Not that yesterday was bad but it was not my style, too relaxing and less involving. All day eating, biking and admiring palm trees, maybe sounds good by not for me. In any case the Mekong Delta, that in my imagination...
by Radu Polizu | Feb 28, 2007 | Blog, Vietnam
The breakfast is great. All sort of exotic fruits with yogurt and a banana crepe with a banana shake. Beats anything! I will try and see what I’ll get tomorrow. The rest of the food is OK and sometimes predictable, but the breakfast is the best and you can get...
by Radu Polizu | Feb 27, 2007 | Blog, Vietnam
The preferred currency in Vietnam is the US$. Surprising , Isn’t it? All major prices are in US$ and the only reason you may need dongs is that sometimes you have to pay under 1US$ and probably coins do not go. The higher rank hotels and restaurants quote first...
by Radu Polizu | Feb 26, 2007 | Blog, Vietnam
I could not sleep. It is impossible to get to sleep when you go to bed at 10-11 am by your biological time. I got in the room at Tuan An Guest house around 10pm and after a shower I got in bed. It was relaxing to lay down after so many hours in the plane but I could...
by Radu Polizu | Feb 25, 2007 | Blog, Vietnam
The good news was that I got a door seat in the plane. It is good news for a 17 hours flight that takes a toll on you. Luckily the book I got from the library was pretty good and gave me already a pretty good insight in the history of the country seen by the...
by Radu Polizu | Nov 20, 2004 | Blog, Burma, Cambodia
To go or not to go, this is the question. This question torments the independent travelers and is explained and turned up side down and on both sides in travel guides and all sorts of conscientious media outlets.
Should we visit Tibet where the people suffer from the...
by Radu Polizu | Nov 19, 2004 | Blog, Burma
With so much bad press it may look that traveling in Myanmar would be a harassing experience. As a matter of fact the contrary is the case. The people are extremely nice and will go out of their way to help even if no reward is perceived in sight. The government is...
by Radu Polizu | Nov 19, 2002 | Blog, Tibet
Permits in Chengdu Chengdu is a major destination for many tourists; as a result, it tends to spark competition among some airlines. One can even buy tickets 40-55% off from Beijing the day before…. just In Chengdu you can arrange a minimum 3 day trip to Lhasa...
