by Martin | Jul 20, 2013 | South East Asia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu_Chi_tunnels Felt like in all those movies 🙂 – Amazing how small they are! (the ones you/a westerner can go through have been enlarged). All these “simple” but effective traps from the Vietcong – nearly felt...
by Martin | Jul 19, 2013 | South East Asia
Henry was so kind to let me have his scooter for the day (and following days) – Thanks so much :)How much fun it is to drive through Saigon with a scooter – unbelievable. Initially it looks crazy – but Saigon traffic has its own rules. I really...
by Martin | Jul 17, 2013 | South East Asia
First impressions of HCMC. Staying with Henry (friend of Jan) – Thanks! The War Remnants Museum was quite shocking. Interesting to see the “other” side compared to the american “version”. It’s really sad what happened – and...
by Martin | Jul 16, 2013 | South East Asia
Due to taking a plane instead of the bus I had one extra day in Siem Reap. As I had enough of temples I decided to visit a silk farm. The showed the whole process from the little worm to the big worm to the cocoon to the silk and weaving. Very amazing – that you...
by Martin | Jul 15, 2013 | South East Asia
Got to Siem Reap by bus (6 hours) and it was a nice drive. Nevertheless, after being on the bus for 2 hours I decided to change my original plan which was to use the bus again to get to Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon (Vietnam – 13 hours!) – and booked a flight...
