Den här gången blir det på svenska.
Ingen egentlig anledning, det bara känns mer rätt...
Nej. Det är inte en natt i Bangkok, men nästan. Det blir en resa med följande stopp:
Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City ("Saigon" om man är lite slarvig).
Kambodja - Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Sihanouk ville.
Thailand - Bangkok.
I nästan tre veckor skall vi (syster och jag) vara i väg och uppleva dessa fantastiska platser. För mig blir det lite av ett kärt återseende, jag saknar verkligen Kambodja...
Den 19:e februari går flyget, den 20:e februari landar vi i HCMC, den 11:e mar landar vi i Sverige igen. Det kommer nog lite bilder och några texter här under tiden, om vi orkar och har tid.
Ses när vi ses.
Showing posts with label Vietnam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnam. Show all posts
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
I promised
To post my travel diary here.
Well. I am a man of my word, so it will be here - just not in the form of blog posts...
I have mixed in some photos with the text and made a PDF of it.
I do not get all the thoughts written down as I would like to. I feel frustrated! There are so many things I would like to put down in writing, so many details, so many meetings, so many events...
I give up. I succumb to the fact that the writings will not be complete and I will not be able to make the journey justice in my writings. So please take it for what it is - some small notes about the trip. Nothing more, nothing less. It is found here - "The Southeast Asian Diaries".
Maybe I'll try to write a more "complete" description of my journey at some time, but then it'll probably be in Swedish and published elsewhere...
Damn, I wish I was a writer and could put my feelings and thoughts in writing.
A more comprehensive photo album will be available at some later point as well. It takes a lot of time going through all the photos (~1500) and selecting the ones that do not bore the heck out of anyone "who wasn't there".
Well. I am a man of my word, so it will be here - just not in the form of blog posts...
I have mixed in some photos with the text and made a PDF of it.
I do not get all the thoughts written down as I would like to. I feel frustrated! There are so many things I would like to put down in writing, so many details, so many meetings, so many events...
I give up. I succumb to the fact that the writings will not be complete and I will not be able to make the journey justice in my writings. So please take it for what it is - some small notes about the trip. Nothing more, nothing less. It is found here - "The Southeast Asian Diaries".
Maybe I'll try to write a more "complete" description of my journey at some time, but then it'll probably be in Swedish and published elsewhere...
Damn, I wish I was a writer and could put my feelings and thoughts in writing.
A more comprehensive photo album will be available at some later point as well. It takes a lot of time going through all the photos (~1500) and selecting the ones that do not bore the heck out of anyone "who wasn't there".
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Back in Saigon
...or Ho Chi Minh City as it is called nowadays.
It is +31°C outside and 62% humidity. Venturing outside is like walking around in a steam sauna...
As you might have guessed I have started my journey home now. This is just a short stop-over and the flight back to cold Sweden is tomorrow morning.
I found some Vietnamese wine to bring home, not much though as I cannot bring more than 20kg in my suitcase and it is still full of clothes and the stuff I shopped in Cambodia.
But I bring one white and one red wine. The red wine was not that bad when sitting on a boat on Saigon river a warm night with nice company. I have no idea how it will taste back in the cold darkness that is Sweden...
Now it is time to find my way back to that nice little Phô with the good noodle soup for one last meal in Vietnam. I think I remember what street it was on.
It is +31°C outside and 62% humidity. Venturing outside is like walking around in a steam sauna...
As you might have guessed I have started my journey home now. This is just a short stop-over and the flight back to cold Sweden is tomorrow morning.
I found some Vietnamese wine to bring home, not much though as I cannot bring more than 20kg in my suitcase and it is still full of clothes and the stuff I shopped in Cambodia.
But I bring one white and one red wine. The red wine was not that bad when sitting on a boat on Saigon river a warm night with nice company. I have no idea how it will taste back in the cold darkness that is Sweden...
Now it is time to find my way back to that nice little Phô with the good noodle soup for one last meal in Vietnam. I think I remember what street it was on.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Quick update
Yes I am still alive.
Didn't manage to connect yesterday.
Yesterday was a trip up the Mekong river. Beautiful, and at the same time full of emotionally hard stuff to consume. The poverty is striking along the river. The families you see are probably better off than many, yet they have not got much.
We traveled for most of the day and got to see only a small part of the Mekong delta and river. The river itself floats through six countries, I will only visit two of them on this trip.
Today I visited the war museum before heading up to Cambodia.
Man... The emotions that are stirred from the images and stories in that place... It is breath taking. I don't think any one can visit that museum and leave without feelings of sadness and anger at how man is capable of committing such atrocities.
I will have to return to that topic once I have digested it more.
Now I will kick back and relax in a really luxurious hotel here in Siam Reap, so that I have enough energy to roam around Angkor Wat all of tomorrow.
I am really enjoying this vacation. (I heard that it was snowing back home, I am soooo not missing Sweden right now.)
Didn't manage to connect yesterday.
Yesterday was a trip up the Mekong river. Beautiful, and at the same time full of emotionally hard stuff to consume. The poverty is striking along the river. The families you see are probably better off than many, yet they have not got much.
We traveled for most of the day and got to see only a small part of the Mekong delta and river. The river itself floats through six countries, I will only visit two of them on this trip.
Today I visited the war museum before heading up to Cambodia.
Man... The emotions that are stirred from the images and stories in that place... It is breath taking. I don't think any one can visit that museum and leave without feelings of sadness and anger at how man is capable of committing such atrocities.
I will have to return to that topic once I have digested it more.
Now I will kick back and relax in a really luxurious hotel here in Siam Reap, so that I have enough energy to roam around Angkor Wat all of tomorrow.
I am really enjoying this vacation. (I heard that it was snowing back home, I am soooo not missing Sweden right now.)
Friday, February 6, 2009
Dig in
Today I visited the Cu Chi tunnel system.
Interesting.
And a bit claustrophobic... The tunnels were clearly not built for western people, even though we only visited "easy" parts of the system.
The air in the tunnels were stale and after only a couple of meters you felt the lack of oxygen which made the effort even harder. I was sweating and had as heavy breath as after a light run when I came out after something like 70meters.
Oh. And no, I did not go postal with automatic rifles on the shooting range afterward. It felt rather dull and I've done my share of shooting in my life already...
The upload-image-thing is still messing with me, so still no pictures. Damn. I tried switching to another WLAN but it didn't help.
Going out to the Cu Chi area is some two hours bus drive, you get to see both the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City and the country side. One thing that strikes me about Vietnam is that the poverty is not as "in your face" as it is in ex. India. Sure, you see the poverty, but there are no one taking a dump on the side of the road...
Now I'm off for some evening dining. So far no problems with the stomach. *knocks on wood*
Interesting.
And a bit claustrophobic... The tunnels were clearly not built for western people, even though we only visited "easy" parts of the system.
The air in the tunnels were stale and after only a couple of meters you felt the lack of oxygen which made the effort even harder. I was sweating and had as heavy breath as after a light run when I came out after something like 70meters.
Oh. And no, I did not go postal with automatic rifles on the shooting range afterward. It felt rather dull and I've done my share of shooting in my life already...
The upload-image-thing is still messing with me, so still no pictures. Damn. I tried switching to another WLAN but it didn't help.
Going out to the Cu Chi area is some two hours bus drive, you get to see both the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City and the country side. One thing that strikes me about Vietnam is that the poverty is not as "in your face" as it is in ex. India. Sure, you see the poverty, but there are no one taking a dump on the side of the road...
Now I'm off for some evening dining. So far no problems with the stomach. *knocks on wood*
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Ho Chi Minh City Central
They changed my hotel...
For the better. :-)
Should have stayed at a hotel in "District 5", which is a bit off - got a new hotel in "District 1" with walking distance to everything. Wouha!
Oh. And complimentary internet through WLAN. Sweet!
And I've got a balcony - small but still a balcony.
Not the best hotel room I've been in, but still; life is good...
Time for that shower and a quick "power nap" and then some hunting of food I think.
Note: For some reason the image-dialog times out when trying to upload images to the blog. So I'll skip that for now and will try again later.
For the better. :-)
Should have stayed at a hotel in "District 5", which is a bit off - got a new hotel in "District 1" with walking distance to everything. Wouha!
Oh. And complimentary internet through WLAN. Sweet!
And I've got a balcony - small but still a balcony.
Not the best hotel room I've been in, but still; life is good...
Time for that shower and a quick "power nap" and then some hunting of food I think.
Note: For some reason the image-dialog times out when trying to upload images to the blog. So I'll skip that for now and will try again later.
Ho Chi Minh City
Landed, got my bagage, found my way out of the airport.
Waiting for the bus to the hotel. Going to take a quick nap and a much needed shower before I hit the streets...
It is not that scorching hot yet, but it's only ten am and the skies are dressed with light clouds. Time to board the air con bus and try to catch a few glints of the city.
Be back later for more updates, just wanted to let you know that the flight went well.
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