Viet Nam tour---all the sunshine dust (1)

Viet Nam tour---all the sunshine dust

(I) visa and other

The original did not go to Viet Nam.

As has been done this year to a crossing West Cumbria travel. 4 month to Beijing, prepares for a visa to Russia, but the original carriage travel agency now. Embassy of Russia to Visa Unit went quite cumbersome procedures, but also to catch this great holidays to labor. Come back after moving to Viet Nam. Just know that Viet Nam had consulates in gold rush North Road, visas and other travel information are blank. Illa helped me a great favor on in Ctrip ask, give out answers in Guangzhou haizhu square, overseas Chinese mansion. Own Visa Department, do visas were also a lot of the whole lobby sitting full of people. However most Transact Business or to visit visa. Visa is simple, fill in the application form, attach photos, RMB400, day 4. If acceleration, RMB650, day 2 afternoon.

The next step is looking for Viet Nam travel information, the entire canton of bookstores, or few on the network.

In Beijing's foreign language Bookstore, I saw a Lonely Planet Vietnam, price RMB 320, scared me jump, thin one, USD17. Then see a Chinese independent tour of Viet Nam, Hong Kong, but RMB HKD56, 102. No way, can only be bought, but later found the book very useful. To Viet Nam, found that in fact there is no need to worry about, in Ho Chi Minh City has a lot of second-hand and pirated Lonely Planet and other travel books. Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City that night I Phan Ngo Lao Street look at a ratio of Oxford Dictionary of South East Asia, reprographic, brand new, the asking price, I had also USD6 USD5, who immediately sent me. I know the price is too high, but not to the Beijing-price 1/10. In fact, I offer 3-4 USD, you can buy.

Guangzhou to HO CHI MINH CITY's aircraft is more.

But the price is not low. Because originally not planned, the company is only looking for booking. But do not know why ticket than a two-way ticket expensive, guangzhou-saigong two-way RMB2480. SJT kangtai to RMB1880, China Southern Airlines more resemblance to RMB2000. Later Chirolee help busy to RMB1650 Chi Minh City of Guangzhou-Ho ticket.

Climate: hot & Wet

Languages: Vietnamese, to the original pronunciation of the Chinese Cantonese is very similar.

Some words from the Chaozhou dialect (e.g. lights---Do, mango-Den--Xuao). France invaded the previously used Chinese character writing, now some vocabulary to original Viet Nam to European languages, such as tourism-Du Lich)

Currency: Vietnam Dong.

VND. 1USD = 14, 553VND (May 2001), the traffic on the tourism and accommodation more dollars quote and payment.

Culture: Chinese, France's bread and urban architecture, local costumes and music in Viet Nam, the Champa culture passer.

History: the Qin dynasty, the Northern Territory has been part of China, the Kingdom of belonging to the South Vietnamese when Han (capital at Guangzhou), then the South Vietnamese State into the territory of China, Viet Nam experienced after a thousand years of Chinese rule.

Later, self-contained, and establish a Tran (Chen), LY (LI), LE (Le), NGUYEN (Nguyen) dynasties. Ming dynasty and included as a part of Chinese territory, and later the independent. But always cut ongoing Viet Nam relations with China, even now, "innovation" is a COPY of the policy of reform and opening up in China.