Vietnam
July 2008
Route 19: Hanoi, Halong,
Danang & Hoi An, Hue,
Ho-Chi-Minh City (Saigon), Mekong
Delta, Nha Trang
Vietnam
July 2008
Route 19: Hanoi, Halong,
Danang & Hoi An, Hue,
Ho-Chi-Minh City (Saigon), Mekong
Delta, Nha Trang
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- Our Thai Airways Boeing to Bangkok |
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- Kerstin in smoking cage, Salina waiting |
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- View out of the gate |
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- Waiting for boarding in Frankfurt |
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- Our Thai Airways airbus from Bangkok to Hanoi |
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- Gate E7: Flight TG682 to hanoi |
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- Above the clouds |
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- Approaching Hanoi |
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- Approaching Hanoi |
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- Just landed in Hanoi |
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- Very old Vietnam Airlines plane |
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- Hanoi Airport |
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- Bridge over the Red River |
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- The Red River |
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- Motorbike riders withstanding rain |
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- Heike, Kerstin and Laura |
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- View to Hanoi |
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- Me & Salina at Hotel Nikko Hanoi |
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- Street scenery |
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- Many motorbikes |
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- Salina & Nr-19 in a rickshaw |
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- Hanoi kids |
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- Kerstin in a rickshaw |
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- Woman selling lottery coupons |
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- Hanoi cathedral |
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- More motorbikes |
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- Vietnamese women |
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- Lady selling flip-flops |
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- Hanoi soccer field |
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- Traditional water puppet theatre |
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- Mua Roi Nuoc (water puppet theatre) |
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- Water puppet theatre show |
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- Water puppet theatre show |
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- The puppet actors appear |
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- The puppet actors |
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- Crowds line- up 2 by 2 |
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- Still line-up 2 by 2 to see Ho Chi Minh's mortal remains in the mausoleum |
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- Kerstin, Salina & Me in front of ... |
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- ... the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum |
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- National flag at parade-ground |
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- Salina, Kerstin and Eileen |
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- Kerstin & Salina in front of the one-stilt pagoda |
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- Lotos flowers |
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- Vietnamese girl praying |
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- Kids under themselves |
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- Me & Salina in front of the Ho Chi Minh museum |
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- Salina & Kerstin at the entrance of Literature-Temple |
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- Water basin |
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- Bia Tien Si - Stela of the academics |
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- Bird shape |
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- Locals praying |
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- Confuzius altar |
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- Temple main yard |
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- Ly Thanh Tong altar |
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- Ly Thanh Tong altara |
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- Ly Nhan Tong altar & Le Thanh Tong altar |
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- Memorial tablet |
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- Scheme of the Literature-Temple |
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- Water puppet store |
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- Hanoi street scenery |
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- Kerstin & Salina |
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- Salina eating rice noodle soup |
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- Vietnamese selling helmets |
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- Good chance for sales |
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- Railway track thru Hanoi |
066 - Red River - Hanoi's longest bridge in the back |
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- Coconut transport |
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- Rice yards |
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- Rice yards |
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- Hard work |
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- Vietname woman |
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- Me and Salina at entrance of But Thap Pagoda |
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- entrance
of But Thap Pagoda |
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- Huge tree |
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- Open-air restroom for ladies |
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- Kerstin hides |
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- Temple inside the pagoda |
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- Temple inside the pagoda |
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- Inside the temple |
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- Statue of Ba Quan Am |
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- Kersin & Me inside the pagoda complex |
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- But Thap Tower |
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- Inside the padoda |
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- German support for restauration |
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- Arrived at hotel at Halong Bay |
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- Waiting for the junk boat tour thru Halong Bay |
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- Junks at Halong Bay |
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- Boat selling vegetables & beverages |
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- Our "Junk 37" |
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- Salina |
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- Kerstin being served with tea |
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- Me having a tea |
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- Kerstin |
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- Junks |
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- Halong Bay |
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- Halong Bay |
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- Typical junks |
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- Approaching an island with a stalactite cave |
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- Bridge to the island |
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- Kerstin & Salina |
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- Dong Thien Cung stalactite cave |
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- Climbing up to the cave |
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- Inside the cave |
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- Beautiful colours |
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- Kerstin |
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Inside the cave |
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- View to the islands' bay |
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- Me and Salina |
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- Another junks |
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- Laura and Salina playing cards |
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- Halong Bay passage |
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- Impressive rock formations |
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- Halong bay |
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- Halong Bay |
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- Jumped into the sea |
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- Salina dares, too |
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- Swimming in the South China Sea |
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- Salina and Me |
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- Swimming in the green sea |
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- Amazingly green coloured sea |
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- Halong Bay |
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- Halong Bay |
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- Me on my junk having a beer |
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- Our lunch |
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- Me and Eileen |
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- Laura, Heike and Bernd |
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- Delicious fish |
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- Amazing rock shapes |
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- Local sales boat |
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- Car-park guards |
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- Halong bay - See you again! |
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- Arrived at Hanoi Airport |
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- Our Vietnam Airlines airbus from Hanoi to Danang |
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- Danang International Airport |
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- Entrance of Pacific Hotel Hoi An |
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- Our favourite restaurant in Hoi An |
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- Han River |
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- Motorbike |
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- "Thuy Son" marble-hill |
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- Marble figures sales shop |
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- Marble figures |
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- Quang Nam Village |
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- Entrance to Tam-Thai Pagoda |
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- Me in front of the Buddha |
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- White Buddha |
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- View to China Beach |
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- Tam-Thai Pagoda |
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- Inside the pagoda |
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- Gate to Tam-Thai Pagoda |
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- View over Danang area |
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- This way please ... |
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- Xa Loi Temple |
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- Xa Loi Temple |
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- Salina, Laura, Kerstin, Heike |
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- Nr-19 |
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- Tourists |
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- Way to Huyen Khong Cave |
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- Huyen Khong Cave |
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- Me, Kerstin & Salina on a viewpoint |
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- The famous China Beach |
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- Me at the China Beach |
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- Salina and Laura |
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- Cham Museum, Danang |
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- Statue of God Siva |
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- Statue of Goddess Lakshmi |
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- Han River |
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- Motorbikes in hoi An |
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- Bycicle rider |
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- Song Hoan Square, Hoi An |
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- Self-explanatory |
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- Nguyen T Minh Khai street |
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- Way to the Japanese House |
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- Thu Bon River |
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- It's me |
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- Vietnamese women |
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- Selling pipes |
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- Flowers |
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- Self-explanatory |
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- Gate to Fukien Congregation Hall |
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- Chinese Wall model |
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- Kerstin, Salina Laura, Heike |
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- Hoi An street scenery |
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- Hoi An street scenery |
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- Street cooks |
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- Local "Larue" beer |
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- View from the "Pass of Clouds" to the sea |
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- Foggy streets in Vietnam ? |
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- At top of "Pass of Clouds" |
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- A quite ... |
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- ...long bridge ... |
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- ... to the tunnel underneath "Pass of Clouds" |
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- Incense sticks for sale |
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- Incense stick production |
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- Salina nd me at entrance of tomb complex of emperor "Tu Duc" |
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- Tu Duc reigned from 1847-1883 in Hue |
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- Laura and Salina |
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- Tomb guards |
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- Explanation board to Tu Duc |
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- Tu Duc's biography carved in stone |
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- Explanation board to tomb complex |
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- Gravesite of Tu Duc |
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- Last death resting-place |
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- Inside the tomb complex |
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- Gravesite of empress Le Thien Anh (Tu Duc's first wife) |
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- Gravesite of empresor Kien Phuc (reigned 7 months, 1883 - 1884) |
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- Street to "Dong Ba" market |
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- Market women selling fruits |
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- Selling fruits |
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- Masks are to prevent face sunburn |
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- Market main street |
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- Smoking a joint |
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- Market actions |
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- Selling entrails |
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- "Hoang Thanh" Imperial City Hue: Citadel wall |
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- Citadel gate |
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- Me and Salina in front of " Cot Co" (flag-tower) |
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- "Ngo Mon" (noon-gate) |
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- Bridge to "Dien Thai Hoa" (Hall of harmony) |
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- "Dien Thai Hoa" - Hall of harmony |
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- "Hien Nhon" - East gate |
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- Theatre |
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- "Kham Van Dien" - library |
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- "Chuong Duc" - West Gate |
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- Thien Mu Pagoda |
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- Gate of pagoda guards |
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- Pagoda main hall |
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- Praying monks |
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- The Austin, in which the venerable Thich Quang Duc drove to saigon to
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- Tourist boat |
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- Boat tour on Perfume River |
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- Mirror mirror on the wall ... |
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- Boat tour on Perfume River |
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- Hotel Pilgrimage Village, Hue |
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- Hotel Pilgrimage Village, Hue |
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- Bathroom |
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- Sleeping room |
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- Balcony |
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- Hue International airport |
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- Hue International airport - Terminal |
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- Airport Tower |
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- Check-in counter |
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- Salina waiting for departure |
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- Our Vietnam airlines airbus from Hue to Saigon |
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- Over the Vietnamese clouds |
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- Nice view over Saigon |
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- Approaching Saigon |
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- Ho-Chi-Minh City Airport |
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- The city of motorbikes |
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- The 3 of the bus station |
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- Electric power cable salad |
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- Electric engineer at work |
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- Open-air barber's shop |
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- Motorbikes as far you can see |
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- And even much more motorbikes .... |
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- Hoi Quan Tue Thanh, Cho Lon |
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- Thien-Hau Pagoda entrance |
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- A German and a Vietnamese girl |
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- Incense sticks |
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- Thien-Hau Pagoda |
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- Thien-Hau Pagoda altar |
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- Me and Salina |
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- Check THIS out ! |
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- "Binh Tay market" hall |
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- Entrance |
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- Herbs and dried-fish for sale |
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- Binh Tay market |
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- Butcher's shop |
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- Duck & chicken for sale |
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- Market restaurant |
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- Take a rest |
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- Dien Ngoc Hoang, temple of jade-emperor |
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- Dien Ngoc Hoang, temple of jade-emperor |
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- Statue of Ngoc Hoang (jade-emperor) |
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- Coiffeur shop using Wella products |
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- Nr-19 in front of Notre Dame cathedral |
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- Altar of Notre Dame cathedral |
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- Avenue to re-unification palace |
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- Main post office |
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- Entrance of post office |
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- Main post office hall |
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- Hotel Continental Saigon |
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- Salina, Kerstin & Me in front of the city-hall |
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- Nr-19 family |
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- The group |
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- View to Caravelle hotel |
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- Roof terrace of Rex Hotel |
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- Having a beer |
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- The famous local 333 beer |
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- Laura and Salina |
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- Tunnel systems of Cu Chi (Ben Dinh village) |
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- Map of tunnel systems |
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- Model of tunnel system constructions |
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- Model of tunnel system constructions |
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- The way how to disappear |
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- Tunnel entrance |
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- Walkway |
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- Laura at tunnel entrance |
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- Another tunnel entrance |
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- American M41 armor |
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- Self made weapons gallery |
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- Self made weapons gallery |
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- Window trap |
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- See-saw trap |
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- Folding chair trap |
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- Klipping armpit trap |
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- self-explanatory |
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- Breadth of a B52 bomb crater |
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- Me going under ... |
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- Kerstin down in the tunnels |
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- Tunnel exit |
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- Conference room during war |
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- Salina in the conference room |
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- Conference room |
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- Variety of bombs used during war |
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- Start a Mekong boat tour in "My Tho" |
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- Salina at the wharf |
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- Mekong River |
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- Mekong boats |
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- Mekong carries lots of mud |
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- Bridge under construction |
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- Tug transporting mud |
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- Me and Salina |
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- Damaged boats |
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- Huong Dua (island inside the Mekong) |
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- Sidearm of mekong river |
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- Me and Salina |
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- Native boy |
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- Sidearm of mekong river |
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- Mekong boat |
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- Making coconut crisps |
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- Oven for making coconut products |
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- Salina |
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- Elvira with the boa snake |
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- Our boat |
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- Boat filling station |
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- Natives' house and boat |
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- Chuong Duong island |
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- Locals living here |
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- Locals living here |
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- Salina dancing |
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- Local music show |
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- Local music show |
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- Going back by canoe boats |
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- Salina being canoed |
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- Canoe boats |
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- Local family |
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- Back to main boat |
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- It's getting dark over Mekong delta |
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- Thunderstorm arising |
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- Back to Saigon airport domestic terminal |
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- Our Vietnamese Airlne airbus to Cam Ranh (near Nha Trang) |
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- Approaching Cam Ranh |
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- Cam Ranh coast line |
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- Cam Ranh beach |
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- Cam Ranh domestic airport |
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- Boats |
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- Street in Nha Trang |
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- Taxi |
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- Beach promenade Nha Trang |
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- Strange building |
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- Nha Trang beach |
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- Poor housing |
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- Private pier to Ninh Van bay |
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- By speedboat to Ninh Van bay to hotel Evason Hideaway Ana Mandara |
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- Salina and Kerstin |
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- Kerstin and salina on speedboat |
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- Approaching Ninh Van Bay |
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- Arrival pier |
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- Welcome! |
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- Nr-19 |
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- View over Ninh Van Bay |
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- Beach Villa 19 is ours |
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- Way to Beach Villa 19 |
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- Me in front of the villa |
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- Kerstin and Salina |
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- Our beach villa 19 |
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- Having a pizza |
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- Relaxing |
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- Kerstin and Salina in the villa pool |
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- Salina |
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- Salina blowing water |
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- View from 2nd floor |
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- Salina jumping |
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- Cheers! |
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- Open-air bathroom |
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- Open-air shower |
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- Sleeping room |
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- Salina's bed |
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- 2nd floor |
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- Chill-out zone |
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- Open-air room 2nd floor |
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- View out of the villa |
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- Is it a postcard ? |
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- Way from our villa to beach |
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- Kerstin and Salina |
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- Salina at the beach |
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- Salina and Kerstin at breakfast |
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- Nr-19 having a coffee |
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- The resort spreads over the whole Ninh Van Bay |
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- Bycicle riders |
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- Me and Salina |
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- Salina |
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- Salina & Me at the beach |
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- The Rock Villa |
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- Who is hiding ? |
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- A frog |
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- Blue headed iguana |
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- Checking this out! |
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- Another blue head |
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- With long tail |
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- Ninh Van Bay at dawn |
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- Ninh Van Bay at night |
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- Ninh Van Bay at night |
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- Me and Salina |
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- View to Water Villas |
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- Water villa |
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- Main pool |
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- Salina and Me in the main pool |
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- Me and Salina |
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- In the pool |
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- Hard Rock Cafe freaks |
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- Open-air toilet for men |
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- Open-air toilet for ladies |
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- An, Me, Salina, Kerstin |
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- Me, Salina, Kerstin on the speedboat |
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- Small harbour near Nha Trang |
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- Nha Trang beach |
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- A storm is coming up |
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- Cam Ranh Airport - departure hall |
