The DMZ

It’s very easy to go on a tour of the DMZ – pay bout $48 for a half day.  If you want to go to the JSA you need 2 days’ notice for security clearance. The tours all start with the Freedom Bridge There’s a memorial here, and a locomotive that was moved to make [...]

Battlefield Tour

Trusting in Tripadvisor I booked a tour of the war sites around Hue and the DMZ with Mr Trang.  He was a translator with the US forces (MACV) during the war.  I gave him a few secret handshakes to check his military credentials, which we sound, but he did try to tell me NZ troops [...]

Cameron Highlands Day 2

There are many tour companies and they all offer the same thing.  I went for the half day adventure tour from Kang’s.  A heavily decorated Land Rover appeared outside at 8.45. Try to get a forward-facing seat as they drivers are maniacs and being in the back is not comfortable.  We (several Frenchwomen and 2 [...]

Cameron Highlands Day 1

I had scrambled eggs for breakfast.  I don’t know how they do it here but it’s not the same – good, but it seems like it has cheese in it?  If it does then cheese in scrambled eggs is a good idea. I took a tour from some Chinese man in a stall.  All the [...]

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