Archive for December, 2012
Into Cambodia
Posted: December 13th, 2012 by Scott
We left Vietnam by bus to Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh. Â It was a long 6-hour bus ride including a ferry crossing on the Mekong, but mostly pleasant as the bus company assisted us with the 2 border crossings (exit in Vietnam and then about 1 km away the entry to Cambodia). We arrived to […]
Is it Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon?
Posted: December 6th, 2012 by Scott
Well its actually both! HCMC is the official name of the entire metropolitan area but Saigon is the name of District 1, which is the central area of the city and both railway and flight tickets will most likely refer to Saigon. For the final stop on our North to South tour of Vietnam, we […]
Some downtime in Hoi An
Posted: December 5th, 2012 by Scott
Hoi An turned out to be one of favorite little towns in Vietnam so far.  It had a cute historic center with pedestrian only streets, a pretty riverfront, great nearby beach, and lots of cute restaurants.  We were originally planning on staying 4 nights, but that turned into 6 and we could have stayed a few more days […]