If we travelled to vietnam is it all sightseeing and tunnels. I would not fit down them so no good going to see them !!!!!!!!

I like to see some things but like the down time too, the beach, eating and drinking bit.

Someone once told me that i would not like it. Bear in mind this was someone that I did not know !!

What are the standard of hotels like?
Is it french that is spoken?
What are the weather pattens?

Any answers please.

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... shop. I can only comment on Ho Chi Minh City. Was there in Dec 2005. It's not everyone's cup of tea - it's mostly a commercial centre, and noisy and dusty and commercial. Still, we managed to enjoy ourselves. We didn't do the tunnels, and kept the sightseeing to a minimum, but the eating and the shopping was good. For more details, you may want to check out my travel blog for that particular trip:blobbes' HOliday in HO chi minh city

Hi!,

I was there in April/May this year. Only a week but we went HCMC, Hanoi, Hoi An, HCMC. We loved it and never saw a tunnel! Unfortunately my wife enjoyed it more than Bali which was a blow for me, I connect more with the Balinese and the surroundings in Ubud, north etc.
I would thoroughly recommend all three places I visited but I think Hanoi was the more interesting of the two large centres.
Please ask me any questions you have.

Cheers,

David

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Whoops, almost forgot - hotels were superb!

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Thanks for that. We have not been to Bali yet. That is a long trip for us from the UK and i cann't make my mind up weather I want to go enough.
I think that i will do what you did and opt for a shorter visit to Vietnam, cambodia etc first time to see what I think.

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Hi Jax
Vietnam is on my to do list too. My only concern about it I've been told there are a lorra lorra steps around all the temples. That puts me off as I had a knee injury last year and I don't want it to flair up again.
Our friends went a few years ago and he is an absolute fitness fanatic and very slim... but even he couldn't fit down the tunnels (shoulders too wide) so no hope for me then.
Cheers Geri