Joel and I traveled in Vietnam for 30 days. Like our travel last year to Thailand, we brought work with us. We worked full time, and traveled part-time. What’s working remotely from Vietnam like?
I was sitting there, expecting a so-so performance of folk music, hoping I was not wasting money because I have seen it somewhere else. When the dragons, on the water, spitted fire, I was up on my seat, my bag’s contents almost spilling, with tears in my eyes, clapping like an eight-year old kid who has just seen the most magnificent show on earth.
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The Philippines and Vietnam are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Because of this regional economic and political grouping, holders of passports issued by both countries do not need visas when they visit each other’s countries. For Philippine passport holders, we are given up to 21 days visa free stay in Vietnam when the purpose of our stay is leisure/tourism. When our stay exceeds 21 days or when the purpose of our stay is for other purposes other than leisure/tourism, we need to get a visa. Here is how to get a Vietnamese visa from the Philippines.
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Hanoi celebrated its 1,000th year as a city in 2010. There were two reasons why Hanoi was the entry point of our month-long Vietnam trip: Ha Long Bay and the fact that Hanoi is underrated compared to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh). We arrived in August, when, fortunately, there were not as many tourists as I anticipated, but, unfortunately, when the rains have already started coming in.
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The city of Hue (pronounced “Hway” with a smile) was the former cultural, political, and religious capital of Vietnam under the Nguyen Dynasty. The Nguyens ruled the country from 1802 to 1945. We all know what happened in and to Vietnam after 1945. Politics and society changed, and so did the seat of power. While Hue was almost obliterated during the Vietnam War, the city managed to keep some of the imperial complexes. In 1993, UNESCO inscribed the city and its surrounding areas, including the royal tombs, and temples as a World Heritage Site.
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Psyche Castillon 