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| Is your school paying you for the first week of work in Feb. before or after the holiday? Normally payment would be received on the 15th of the month, but this year most schools will be closed at that time. |
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The Fat Rabbit
Joined: 19 Jan 2010
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Location: Vietnam
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 Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:22 am Post subject: The Holiday |
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The holiday is approaching. What are your plans for the holiday?
Traveling Vietnam? Staying put? Going home? Traveling Asia? Drinking beer on Pham? Heading to the beach?
Post it here.
Is Mui Ne a popular destination for expats during the tet holiday? |
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The Fat Rabbit
Joined: 19 Jan 2010
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Location: Vietnam
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:24 am Post subject: |
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I'm thinking of taking the motorbike on a road trip. Don't know where yet. I'll post back when I know.
Does anyone know if you can enter Cambodia with a motorbike? I've heard it's possible and easy. |
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CThomas
Joined: 21 Oct 2009
Posts: 380
Location: HCMC, Vietnam
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| Chillin' in Phan Tiet... getting some country living and sunsets on the beach for a couple of days. |
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mickeyrex
Joined: 03 Sep 2004
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^stayed at the Nhat Linh Hotel at 337 Le Loi St, Phan -Thiet. Great room and staff about 120,000 -150,000 I can't remember, but don't show dollars and negoiate. Across the street is another place about the same price. PT doesn't really have a nice beach, but ur a one minute walk from there as well a five walk to the river/ downtown. The other way (look at a map) you'll find the supermarket. Which was kind of a big deal in my case because you'll no food, at least when I was there a 1 1/2 ago, so you should make sure to put something in the fridge because the town gets very quiet early. From there you can easily get to Muine and then push up to Nha Trang on a sleeper bus if you feel like it.
Phan Thiet's nice for those who want to get-away from it all. |
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sigmoid
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:21 pm Post subject: THAILAND |
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I'm definitely  getting out of the country:
flying into Bangkok, then probably heading to Hua Hin. |
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blateson
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm definitely getting out of the country |
Very well said. I spent my first holiday (also a Tet) staying in Vietnam and forever after that realized it was a mistake. Vietnam is a place you want to get out of with any time off. With budget airlines operating to BKK, there's no question about it. |
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inky
Joined: 05 Jan 2009
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Location: Hanoi
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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"Vietnam is a place you want to get out of with any time off."
Not me, I love it here, and I especially enjoy the countryside, the northern mountains, central coast, Mekong Delta... never enough time to explore and experience these lovely places with their kind and friendly people. Bangkok is the last place I'd think of visiting with all of Vietnam available. |
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jayasia
Joined: 06 Apr 2009
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Location: Isaan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| definitely to Thailand. |
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Oh My God
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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Is Mui Ne a popular destination for expats during the tet holiday?
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Definitely, but a little spread out for a person on foot. If you take the train, you can ship your MB but you can rent one there also - the price tag is a little exorbitant but worth it. Beautiful beaches, great food, and lots of other things to do. A bit quiet at night but a great change from the hustle and bustle of HCMC.
Going to Da Nang myself. It's like a miniature Saigon but a lot more conservative. Great beaches, fantastic food, and so many other things/places to do and see that 2 weeks just isn't enough. Make a point to see Ba Na if you ever get up that way.
This'll be my fifth Tet and I've never left VN yet. |
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jb0072009
Joined: 26 Feb 2009
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Location: Saigon
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The Fat Rabbit
Joined: 19 Jan 2010
Posts: 61
Location: Vietnam
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| Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Well, I've got a temporary plan.
My friend and I are planning a road trip into the central highlands of Vietnam. Neither of us have been there before. We both live here and own motorbikes, so that's our method of transport. We don't really have an itinerary, but the route would take us from HCMC to Buon Ma Thuot and back down the coast. We're mostly interested in driving on roads that aren't too busy and checking out the great scenery that apparently exists on the roads between DaLat and Buon Ma Thuot. From the information I can find on the internet and from what I've been told, the places of interest are:
cat tien park
lak lake
da lat city
yok don park and sights surrounding buon ma thuot city
If you have been to any of these places, please let me know what your thoughts were after visiting the place. Is it worth it? What can you do there? Would you do it again? Were there any problems? Is there anything worthwhile you experienced in the central highlands that I failed to mention? Please let me know.
Any advice or comments would be appreciated, thanks! |
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