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From Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, we visit the "new" Vietnam.
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1000places > 2009 - Vietnam photo
1000places > This is a photo travel log of a trip we took from February 26 to March 12, 2009, to a country that has not only opened its borders but has warmly embraced its foreign guests.
1000places > Our flights would take us first to Bangkok where we would overnight before taking departing the next day for Hanoi.  From there we would work our way down the country by bus and plane.
1000places > Among the 15 of us traveling together (16 counting our trip leader) there would be several familiar faces.  Our good friends Tom and Loretta would be joining us for their first OAT trip, while Pat and Joe along with Nancy, Jere and Eleanor, whom we had traveled with in Egypt, would also be part of our group.
1000places > COLORFUL, COLONIAL, CAPTIVATING HANOI - Who in our generation would have thought that one day we would arrive as tourists in the city once thought of as the lead domino in the "Domino Theory."  But here we were....
1000places > ...and all of Hanoi seemed in a mighty rush to turn the country's tumultuous 20th century into a prosperous 21st.  Nothing and no one seemed idle.
1000places > There were the ubiquitous bicycle riders.  Just a few years back, this was the dominant form of transportation in the city.
1000places > Some vendors still rely on bicycles as mobile markets for their fruits and produce.
1000places > But today the main way to get around Hanoi is on a motorscooter.  As we would see, it not only provides personal transport but also serves as a delivery vehicle for all sorts of merchandise.
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