14 September 2008 by Lao Wai
I finally made it to Vietnam. I can’t believe it. Even after traveling for over 30 hours, it still doesn’t quite seem real.
On Friday morning I got up at 10 AM, and I haven’t really slept much since then. It is 11 PM here in Ho Chi Minh City. I went outside to take a walk by myself this evening in Pham Ngu Lao (the foreigners district where I’m staying) and it was so beautiful.
I’m too tired now, but I’ll write more soon!
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Places to visit in China......
................................................. Xi'an & terra cotta soldiers 西安
和兵马俑......................................
Suzhou 苏州..................................
Hangzhou 杭州..............................
Putuoshan 普陀山............................................ Shanghai 上海................................................... Inner Mongolia 内蒙古 (must ride camel!)............................................................... Beijing: Ming Tombs 明朝十三陵................ Beijing: Great Wall at Badaling 八达岭........ Find a quiet place to camp on the Great Wall...............................................................................
............................................................................. Places I've Already Been.........................
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Yunnan Province: Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Chuxiong 云南: 昆明, 大理, 丽江, 楚雄........................................................................ Summer Palace 颐和园................................... Silk Market 秀水街.......................................... Great Wall at Mutianyu 慕田峪..................... Tian'anmen Square 天安门广场.................... Forbidden City 紫禁城 /故宫........................ Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple) 雍和宮...... Temple of Heaven 天坛................................. Beihai Park 北海公园.....................................
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Places to Hit Up (Again)............................
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WuDaoKou 五道口 (Lush, Propaganda, Korean food, Karaoke).................................... Houhai 后海 (East Shore Live Jazz, paddle boats)................................................................. Sanlitun 三里屯 (Let's see if Nanjie's still there).................................................................. Peking University aka Beida! 北京大学 aka 北大............................................................... MY old neighborhood (try to locate some old pengyous, esp. the phone card lady and the little girls who enjoyed locking cats in a shed).................................................................