Archive for the ‘World Heritages Travel Guide’ Category
A guide to Hoi An
Posted by: huongpr2389 on: March 5, 2009
Famous for beautiful old buildings, narrow quite streets and history as a merchant trading town, Hoi An marks unforgetable features in the memory of visitors. When citizens here grew more and more wealthy from trading with Japan, China and the rest of Southeast Asia, they spent their incomes building a number of houses and pagodas. [...]
Hoi an Ancient Town – The World Heritage of Vietnam
Posted by: guidetovietnam on: October 2, 2008
Hoi An is certainly a contender for the most irritating UNESCO World Heritage City. We arrived here planning to spend maybe five days relaxing after a trip through the Central Highlands but the constant sales patter from the tailors shops, the bar and restaurant workers and anybody who had any relationship with an item of [...]
My Son – Vietnam: Champa civilisation
Posted by: guidetovietnam on: October 1, 2008
My Son is the major site in Vietnam from the ancient Champa Kingdom which flourished between the 2nd and 15th centuries. Descendants of the Champa civilisation still live along the coast of Vietnam though they are now fully integrated in Vietnamese society. The Kingdom at My Son dates back to the 4th century and remained [...]
Halong Bhaya Sails Cruise Introduction
Posted by: guidetovietnam on: September 30, 2008
Halong Bay Cruise ship Bhaya was inspired by the majestic luxury of the ships used by Vietnam’s Imperial Emporers. To ease themselves of the lofty worries of imperial reign and the constant plotting and counter-plotting of the imperial court, Vietnam’s Emporers would seek the isolated safety and seclusion of their imperial vessels. Halong Bay has [...]
