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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 11:31
Situated in the North-East region of Vietnam, Halong Bay is a bay in the Gulf of Tonkin comprised of regions of Halong City, the township of Cam Pha, and a part of the island district of Van Don. Halong Bay borders Cat Ba Island in the southwest, the East Sea in the east, and the mainland, creating a 120 km coastline. Halong Bay is made up of 1,969 islands...
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 11:29
Taking a ride on a car or train for two hours from Hanoi to Hai Phong, then on a high-speed vessel for another hour, you will arrive at Cat Ba Island, the biggest island (100 sq. km) out of the 366 islands on the Lan Ha Bay. It is a tourist spot, attractive for its natural beauty and wonders endowed by nature. Right from the moment you set foot on Cat Ba...
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 11:28
Activities Boat Trips These are particularly popular in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam's southernmost region, which consists of an intricate network of rice paddies, swamps and forests interlaced with canals and rivers. River cruises also operate on the Saigon River (a good way to see Saigon) or the Perfume River (near Hue). Children love being out on the...
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 11:25
Name of ethnic group: Ba Na (To Lo, Krem, Con Kde, Ala Cong, Krang) Population: 174,456 people (Year 1999) Locality: Kon Tum Province and the western parts of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen Provinces. Customs and habits: The Ba Na lives in houses built on stilts. In each village, there is a communal house called rong which stands out due to its height and...
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 11:24
Not far away from Danang (30km) Hoi An town is small and peaceful, the kind of place where you may get stuck for a few days, whether it is intentionasl or not. Originally known as Faifo, this antique town is bordered on its southern side by the Thu Bon River, along which there's a number of small cafes. Despite the fact that it is now a tourist haven,...
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 11:23
THUA THIEN HUE Area: 5 009 km2 Population (2001): 1 078 900 Hue is one of places, which has many cultural heritages. Up to now, there is no places like Hue remaining a lot of originally historical vestiges as in this ancient Capital City. On the Northern bank of Perfume "HuongGiang" River has relics consisting of palaces, which were constructed...
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 11:21
About one and a half million years ago mankind learned how to stand upright and walk. So in some way you could say that hiking was invented in the Stone Age. Nowadays when we talk about Hiking and Trekking we mean it in the pastime sense of the word. It is hard to say when walking as a means of hunting and surviving became walking for fun and recreation....
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 11:19
Kayaks were developed over hundreds of years. Indigenous cultures spent centuries designing and redesigning, fixing flaws, or altering to changing skill levels. The final outcomes were kayaks with a supreme design for a particular region and People. Peoples of the Arctic created several designs, depending on what materials were part of their culture. Most...
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From: virig - 15 Aug 2008, 10:51
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 09:37
There’s a lot of history and information floating around about the origins of mountain biking, some that’s recognized and some that depends on who has the best public relations firm. Mountain biking would have happened somewhere and it did. Did it begin with the Buffalo Soldiers, a turn-of-the-century infantry who customized bicycles to carry gear over...
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 09:35
Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam, the political, economic, cultural, commercial, and tourist center of the country. To visit Hanoi is to step yourself in history, tradition, and legend in a capital that has been inhabited for almost a millennium. Hanoi is an ancient capital, established in 1010 during the Ly dynasty. The flow of time brought this capital...
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 09:33
Sapa mountains Despite its commercialization during the last seven years, Sapa is still a must-see on any northern Vietnam itinerary. On a clear day you will treated to views of steeply terraced rice fields, towering verdant ridgelines, primitive mud-thatched villages, raging rivers and astounding waterfalls. Nestled high in the Tonkinese Alps near...
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From: dungvictor - 15 Aug 2008, 09:31
Khau Vai commune, located in Meo Vac district, the northernmost province of Ha Giang, is home to ethnic minority groups of Giay, Nung and Muong. Each year, there is a market session on lunar March 26th (often falling on calendar May), but it is not a farming produce trading market but a love market. The name and activities of the market have common things...
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From: cartaphilus@charter,net - 14 Aug 2008, 17:23
My wife and I will be staying in Playa del Carmen in November and want to do a trip to Mayan ruins. If you could only choose one of the two above, which would it be and why? And is a full day required or is half a day enough? As long as I'm asking, we're in our early 60's and not particularly scuba/snorkeling/swim with the dolphins types. Would a visit...
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From: Helene - 14 Aug 2008, 04:05
Greetings All, I read today in www .patagonia-argentina,com that this NEW train commenced running on 06 Aug. It seems that a lot of work on infrastructure and support has been done. Methinks we will have to try it........ Regards, Helene, Tasmania, Oz.
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