Nam

Our first destination in Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh City. HCM highlights were the Cu Chi Tunnels, the War Remnants Museum, 7 000 Dong street beer (34 cents), the Mekong Delta, and food!!

Crossing from Cambodia to Vietnam

Chicken head fried noodle

Art gallery where all of the pieces have been created by Agent Orange victims 

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Viet Cong tunnel

Boobie traps

Tunnel ventilation disguised as an ant hill

More traps

AK47

War Remnants Museum

Propaganda poster

Yikes..

Phõ

Beeeeeees!!

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Mekong Delta tour

Ate a coconut worm

Picking fruit from the tree

Photoshoot of the most unfortunate looking dog I've ever seen:

After HCM city, I ran into Bram, Stephen, and Simone, who I had met earlier in Cambodia. We were all heading north so we decided to travel together for the next few weeks!

                                             The next stop in Vietnam was Mui Ne.

Doesn't look that bad, but it has been the only dish I did not like.. Tasted like old fish.

Bram rode an ostrich 

Red sand dunes

Fishing village

Climb

Don't hit my cows!

White sand dunes

Rented atv's

Broke the atv

Stephen, Simone, Bram, and me in the rain

Flat on the way home

Somebody else broke down

No problem..

After Mui Ne, we took a bus to the mountain town Dalat.

Rented scooters to explore the city

Tried to act as extras in a film

Heavy rain!

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Jenga 

Found Matthew in Nha Trang

Cable car to Vin Pearl theme park

Aquarium

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Tubing with Matty

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Big tube

Swings

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Mud bathing

Rented scooters to explore Nha Trang.

My wheels

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Ran out of gas. Bram gave us a boost.

Proud Canadian 

Boat trip:

:)

Met a family.

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The father and me

Uncle and me..

Stephen is the new chairman

Uncle..

Vô!!

After Nha Trang, we took a bus to Hoi An.

market

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Puppy

Full moon lantern festival

Sending lanterns down the river

Canoe ride

Water puppets

Bike ride to the beach

From Hoi An, we rented motorbikes to travel to Hue through the Hai Van Pass

Bram making friends

Marble mountain

Caves

View from marble mountain

Stephen in style

Lunch along the way

Kiddies

Flat tire

Hai Van Pass

Biker crew

From Hue we got a bus to Hanoi where we booked a 3 day boat tour of Halong Bay

Sleeping quarters

Halong bay

Caves

Kayaking in the bay

Gambling

Met this young fella Luke!

Swimming in the Bay

Blurry panorama 

Sunrise 

Jumping form the boat 

Stayed the night on Monkey Island

Viewpoint

BBQ buffet

The fellas

Halong bay group.

After traveling with Bram and Stephen for four weeks, their travel time was up!

Pool day

After some time back in Hanoi, Luke, Simone, Marika, and I travelled north to Sapa.

View from the guesthouse

Trekking 

Indigo 

Cold swim

Very cold..

More biking in Sapa

Sapa group

Mary Jane 

Business transactions

Swimming in the river

Supper at our home stay 

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Eventually, it was time to say goodbye to Simone and Marika. Luke and I had plans to travel to Laos from Sapa, but we were stuck for 2 extra days because of a landslide!

Afternoon at the cafe

Finally got out of Sapa, but had to hike over the landslide!

Full bus

Bus issues..

After 28 hours of travel... Luke and I made it to Laos!