To finish off my Vietnam posts, I thought I would share some pictures just on life in Vietnam and some of the sights. Enjoy the pictures and as always, if you have any questions let me know!
View from The Grand Hotel Rooftop Bar
Our group in the main city square
Seafood being sold on the streets
Statue of Ho Chi Minh
Life in Saigon
In front of the Reunification/Independence Palace
We took a weekend trip to the beach town of Mui Ne, about a four hour car ride from Ho Chi Minh City. This might have been one of the highlights of our entire time in Vietnam. We stayed at a beautiful resort, called Anantara. We visited the local fishing village, and ate a fresh seafood dinner as we watched the sun set over the water with all the fishing boats. Mui Ne is surrounded by several sand dunes, which we also visited. It was cool to see the different color sand (we visited both white and red) and take some fun pictures. I felt like I was in a desert in the Middle East for those few hours.
Enjoying the fresh seafood at the fishing village and watching the sunset
Fresh seafood at Mui Ne
Our beautiful resort - Anantara
At the White Sand Dunes in Mui Ne
The last thing I did in Vietnam was take a cruise of Ha Long Bay (about four hours away from Hanoi, in the northern part of the country). I did the cruise with a company called Indochina Junk, which I can't recommend enough. They provided us with endless fresh food, took us kayaking every day and took us on a tour of a local floating village. Here are some of the photos from the two night cruise. Supposedly, the Vietnamese government is putting a stop to overnight cruises on the bay in the next few years so if you are interested in exploring this UNESCO World Heritage site, it is worth doing sooner rather than later.
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