Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Free Monica Roccaforte

Along the shore

March 29

The last time I wrote we had just arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam's capital and time to return to the world as we know it. And we 'did not take long because we get bored of the constant traffic and horns, so after only two days, intense, and more than enough, we embark on a tour organized by one of Halong bay. Our goal, 'a series of rock formations emerging from the rise vertically for 30/40 meters, take a boat sailing between zig zagando these strange structures up to a private island where we expect our bungalows, amazing views and beautiful place, but due to heavy rain half 'of the activities' planned jump, we console with a great dinner riparati dal vento e la pioggia battente a pochi metri.

Torniamo a Hanoi il giorno seguente verso le 4 e decisi a lasciare la cittá il prima possibile compriamo un open ticket fino a Saigon nella stessa agenzia usata per la gita in barca; partiamo alle 6 e inutile dirlo, non avremmo dovuto fidarci. Il biglietto che abbiamo comprato ci permette di viaggiare tutta la costa fermandoci in diverse cittá per quanti giorni vogliamo, prendiamo 6 soste per 50€, tutto bene se non per il fatto che il bus e' ben diverso da quello che ci hanno mostrato in foto.

Prima tappa del nostro viaggio verso sud e' Nim Bhin, praticamente le stesse roccie di Halong bay ma sulla terra ferma, una piccola barchetta a remi ci porta per un tour di 2 ore, slow, dull and especially estrenar uncomfortable, in the end we cmq glad you did. With our bikes to rent we lose a bit 'to the fields, but apart from wander around empty Nim Binh does not offer much. Exactly 24 hours after our arrival we take the bus, this time for a much longer stretch, are in fact 11 hours to Hue, when we are about 8 am and haggard from a night of jumps assess a property can not be easy; we go with the first operator who promises to a room at a reasonable price and bon.

Our beds are made up on the bus seats and normal but who 'was added legroom, which makes them more of a meter long and more than enough to sleep were it not for the complete lack of shock absorbers and car horns all night. From the information gathered along the way we know that Hue has much to offer and despite being another World Heritage Site (began to wonder what is not), there is not much to see and visit a sopravvalutatissimo royal palace of the dynasty of the Champa whose oldest parts date back to the fourteenth century, however, and 'cared so little that almost annoying, if it took away from the UNESCO's protection and a private buy it would be better ...

Between 8 hours of walking per day and 400 offers steps on scooters unlikely also passes the day in Hue, I forgot that we went up to Nim Binh on one of these scooter-taxi disperati dall'aver sbagliato strada dopo km sotto un sole cocente abbiamo ceduto e siamo saliti su una specie di vecchio honda sh, praticamente la versione poco evoluta di un ciao ma con le marce, e con un pilota un po traballante per il ns peso abbiamo percorso quasi 10km... esperienze toccanti!

Lasciamo Hue alla volta di Hoi An; si, in vietnam scelgono i nomi in modi da incasinare i turisti ( la capitale e' Hanoi), dove arriviamo dopo 4 ore; si capisce da subito che questa e' una cittá diversa, tutto più relax, più pulito e più bello. Facciamo un po' di fatica a trovare un albergo, c'è ne sono a milioni ma sono tutti pieni, troviamo finalmente una stanza dall'altra parte della cittá dopo averla attraversata with backpacks on their shoulders, fortunately the city and 'small compared to those of other backpackers our backpacks are very small.

Annie ConPro in Sydney and a 50 liter backpack side has its own bag, I'm even worse: my luggage and 'composed of the camera bag, and with the rest of electronics takes half' of the place and backpack Eastpack half empty, all the shopping that we did here in Australia thinking about doing it 's never happened, and so the backpack and' remained empty, at least up to here ... Hoi An and 'tailoring in Vietnam, here are the highest executive's tailored suits, and 2 ½ days we spend here we practice to resist the temptation of shopping to measure. Leaving the city, with bellies full, their pockets lighter and a whole lot 'clothes more ... (I did not spend much, just enough to then do not regret not having done so).

An endless journey between 6 pm and one o'clock in the afternoon, during which I actively participate in power-driven bus, leads us to Mui Ne, a sort of paradise of the Vietnamese coast. The entire town revolves around tourism and e 'composed practically only in hotels and small resorts, and this is usually' a sad note, but placed in the middle of Vietnam and 'an oasis. Like thousands of other tourists to stop and recharge your batteries here for 4 days, two in a decent inn by tourists around the area and two others in a nicer hotel, from which we never left except to eat.

revived by two days of sun and swimming pool, a bit 'sad for not having tried the kite-surfing (too expensive for my depleted finances for some time), for the last time we take our bus, to say the true we can and make us lose our place on the next one, at times of Ho Chi Minh City, better known as Saigon.
capital Hanoi and the former North Vietnam 's always been a communist, Saigon and all of its southern no, and it shows. The difference is' abysmal, here are the sidewalks dapperutto, after a couple of weeks in this country, one tends to forget, and most do not use them as parking, terrific! The horn, still in wide use, not 'so incessant and architecture, well that is just, not in Hanoi. In Saigon we visited, among other things, the war museum, with images so raw to make an impression, especially the effects of gas on American children born in affected areas. Well-developed and very instructive.

The next day we embark on a tour of a temple at a time by the unpronounceable name (but it means high mountain), the official seat of a religion, embraced by 2 million Vietnamese, unifying traits Catholics, Buddhists, Muslims and Confucians (we will write 'never so?). After a brief visit to witness one of the four daily prayers che devo ammettere essere stata una bella esperienza. Nel pomeriggio di muoviamo alla volta di Cu Chi, un villaggio a 100km da Saigon dove però la gente ha abbracciato il movimento comunista e ha combattuto per il fronte di liberazione proveniente dal nord.

Essendo bombardati costantemente i residenti hanno costruito tutta una serie di strutture e gallerie sotterranee, alcune delle quali ancora visitabili, che oggi sono un'attrazione turistica controllata dai militari. Un video terribile di origine vietnamita degli anni '70 mostra come gli eroi di Cu Chi guadagnavano il titolo in base a quanti americani uccidevano, mi fa venire voglia di imbracciare l'M60 a disposizione per provare a riprendere le ostilita', ma non credo di essere il primo a provare murderous instincts and then all the weapons are chained.

Strap cmq's gun rambo but I refused to spend the 15 € they ask me for 10 rounds (even though I know that I will get 'early opportunity to shoot with an M60, indeed we hope never), my testosterone level immediately comes to the stars, and improvvisanente understand how with such an instrument in your hand you can feel invincible (the Americans lost the war but has nothing to do).

the evening again around Saigon, ready to get back on travel the next morning. At 7:45
start our 3-day tour on the Mekong Delta that will bring us' up in Cambodia, at 9 we have already repented of being with tour rather than alone. Leaving aside the problem that everything we see and 'embroidered for tourists, we visited a coconut candy factory and an area where they grow only fruit, taste the local honey and travel, travel, travel.

takes them to sleep in a place where there 'nothing, but do not lose heart, between jokes and riddles we spend there. The next day, a floating market on the river and crocodile farm + ancient temple in the afternoon, trip, trip, trip, and again nothing in the evening, this time accompanied by a warm but breathable. This morning, fish farming (something immensely large) and 3 hours by boat, and now we are on the border into Cambodia, the last leg of our journey before returning. Vedaremo ah ...

Sent from my iPhone

0 comments:

Post a Comment