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Ha’Long Bay
August 04, 2005
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See all our Halong Bay Pictures here Ha'long BayThe following day we had planned a day trip to Ha’long Bay. Although most people go for more than one day, our schedule was pretty tight, so we only had time for a day trip.…
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Perfume Pagoda and the Hoa Sua Restaurant d’Application
August 03, 2005
See all our Perfume Pagoda pictures here The next day, we had arranged a day trip to the Perfume Pagoda. We went with the tour company our hotel, Thu Giang Guesthouse, arranged.…
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Thu Giang Guesthouse, Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son temple, Thang Long Water Puppet Theater
August 02, 2005
See all our Hanoi pictures here We arrived in Hanoi in the morning. As always when we arrive in a country, our first task was to find an ATM, but both the train station’s ATM’s were out of order.…
Continue Reading →China to Vietnam by Train
August 01, 2005
The next day, we headed to Vietnam on the train. Although the train ride was supposed to be overnight, we barely slept. The first time we stopped for visa formalities at about midnight.…
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Siem Reap and the Angkor Wat Temple Complex
August 01, 2005
The sun rises over Angkor Wat.The next day we were supposed to be flying on to Siem Reap in Cambodia to see Angkor Wat. (We would love to return and see more, but there just wasn’t time on this trip and Angkor has always been a dream of ours). …
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Islamic Cairo and the Khan-al-Khalili: Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Rafai Mosque, and the Madrasa of Sultan Hassan, the Citadel, Muhammad Ali Mosque
January 06, 2005
The Ibn Tulun mosque was very photogenic and was one of our favourite mosques we saw in Egypt. The following day we set out in the morning to explore Islamic Cairo.…
Continue Reading →Lotus Hotel, Cairo
January 05, 2005
We wandered around looking for a new hotel having left the Berlin Hotel when they switched us to a new room without asking while we were out during the day. When we found the Lotus Hotel, a member of the ‘hotel staff’ followed us up to the reception.…
Continue Reading →Berlin Hotel, Cairo
January 05, 2005
The hotel we had tried to book in advance, the Berlin Hotel , refused to give us a reservation unless they personally picked us up at the airport to guarantee we would keep our reservation, and also to avoid taxi drivers demanding a ‘finders fee’ for bringing us to their h
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Luxor’s West Bank: Medinet Habu, Tombs of the Nobles, Tombs of the Artisans, Valley of the Kings, Karnak Temple Again and Finally Catching the night train for Cairo
January 01, 2005
Local ferry crossing to the West Bank, Luxor The next day we woke up early and headed back to the West Bank. Although we’d visited it already on our “tour” with Hamis Travel, we wanted to head back and actually see some things.…
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