Category: Vietnam

Cu Chi Tunnels from the Vietnam War

Chris and I have reached our new home, Grande Prairie. Today the sun was shining on the fluffy cumulus clouds and the air smelt of the end of summer as I looked upon the solid yellow trees. It was our first full day in Grande Prairie. Chris and I visited the local TELUS store to [...]

The War Remnants Museum in Vietnam

While in Ho Chi Minh City we visited the War Remnants Museum which focuses on the Vietnam War and the result of chem­ical warfare, spe­cific­ally the use of a chem­ical called Agent Orange. I strongly recom­mend this museum. It only costs about $2 to enter. They have an impress­ive col­lec­tion of tanks, planes, heli­copters and [...]

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

We’re in Bangkok right now souvenir shop­ping and site seeing by day and hanging out with our friend Ben, who we met during The Gibbon Experience, by night. Yet again, it’s the final count­down. After roughly 650 meals in res­taur­ants over the past seven months we only have about 9 more res­taur­ant meals to go.  The last [...]

The Great Pho-Tasting Expedition of 2010

Hey guys, Laura and I are finally in Vietnam. As many of you already know, she started showing some symp­toms of dengue fever when we were in Luang Prabang, Laos. Our ori­ginal plan was to take a bus from there to Hanoi, in the north of Vietnam, but Dengue is not some­thing you want to [...]