VIETNAM

Location - South East Asia; Capital - Hanoi; Population - 88 million; Currency - Dong

A bus and shared taxi from Nanning, China preceded my arrival in Hanoi, in September 1999.

500 Vietnamese Dong

Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi

Posing for the camera, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi

Tran Quoc pagoda on West Lake, Hanoi

The old quarter of Hanoi

Mobile clothes shop or taking home the laundry? Hanoi

Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, Hanoi

The Presidential Palace of Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi

Site of the 'Hanoi Hilton' (aka Hoa Loa prison) where US prisoners of war were held during the Vietnam War, Hanoi

Hanoi barber at work

Remnants of American aircraft, Hanoi

Entrance to the 19th century Citadel at Hue, home to emperors of the Nguyen dynasty

The Austin car belonging to the Buddhist monk who set himself on fire in Saigon in 1963, protesting against Buddhist discrimination by the government of the time. Hue

The Royal Tombs of the Nguyen dynasty, an enjoyable bike ride from Hue

The Royal Tombs near Hue

Site of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separated North and South Vietnam between 1954 and 1975

Former Khe Sanh airstrip, which was a US base during the war - DMZ tour

The Vinh Moc tunnels were used as living quarters by villagers during the war - DMZ tour

China Beach, between Hue and Hoi An

Hoi An's old quarter

Welcome to Vietnam! Hoi An

One of my favourites - I waited for the boat to emerge from beneath a bridge in Hoi An

From the same bridge in Hoi An - I think it's called Cam Nam bridge

Vietnamese students in traditional dress, Hoi An

Getting very drunk on Mama Hanh's tour, Nha Trang

Preparing for a Buddhist ceremony, near Nha Trang

Former US embassy, famed for a helicopter lift in 1975 during the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese, Ho Chi Minh City

Notre Dame cathedral in Ho Chi Minh (Saigon)

The Viet Cong's tunnel system at Cu Chi

Cu Chi tunnels - they have been widened for tourism. The photo above gives you a better impression of the claustrophobic space they operated in

The Caodai Great Temple at Tay Ninh. It's some building..

Inside the Temple at Tay Ninh. Caodaism has around 2 million followers in southern Vietnam

The Mekong Delta near Mytho

Akiko and Yoko, Mekong Delta

Lovely scenery in the Mekong Delta

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