Articles about 'Vietnam'

Halong Bay, we're cruising aboard one of the many wood "junks" that sail these waters; a popular tourist activity here. Our boat is the "Bhaya", and is quite nice and comfortable. Halong Bay itself is fantastically beautiful, with amazing natural jungle covered pillars of rock that are scattered in all directions. Earlier today we stopped and explored a famous cave here, "Surprise...

Our first stop in Vietnam was Saigon, in the south. Now known as "Ho Chi Minh City", Saigon today is the most populated city in Vietnam, with a glitzy skyline and seven million bustling inhabitants. The memory of that final helicopter lifting off from the roof of the American embassy here has faded- something mentioned in passing by a tour guide. The guides seem more interested in...