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		<title>Trip statistics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scooter kilometers: 2312 Falls: 4 (Maarten 1 times, Armand 2 times, Louis 1 time) Dongs taken from the ATM: about 168.000.000 (and some credit card payments) Number of scooter repairs: 9 Helmets broken: 2 Food stands wrecked: 1 Amount of top tips done from the Lonely Planet: 12 out of 16 Cheapest hotel: $ 4 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3848023&amp;post=486&amp;subd=tomvanlamoen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 22 &#124; Saigon and going home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning we packed all our bags and prepared for flying back home. Knives and wine in the big bags, packing bag around back pack, souvenirs and sweater in day pack, etc. After breakfast we returned to the indoor market to buy the last of the souvenirs and to see fresh new tourists, being driven [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3848023&amp;post=506&amp;subd=tomvanlamoen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 21 &#124; Saigon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today it&#8217;s 32 degrees and sunny. Just to let all the readers know what you are missing My brand new &#8220;safety guaranteed&#8221; helmet broke in the plane. So we&#8217;re not taking baseball cape helmets as souvenirs. Armand&#8217;s bottle of Dalat wine did survive the plane travel. So logically seen it should be safer to duct [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3848023&amp;post=503&amp;subd=tomvanlamoen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 20 &#124; Hanoi and Hanoi &#8211; Saigon</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/day-20-hanoi-and-hanoi-saigon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we first went to the Ho Chi Min mausoleum and parc. The mausoleum was already closed. It&#8217;s a big building. After that we checked out the Temple of Literature, probably the oldest thing we saw here. At first it was a temple, but soon it also was a university. The yearbooks were big stone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3848023&amp;post=499&amp;subd=tomvanlamoen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 19 &#124; Perfume Pagoda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we did a daytrip to the Perfume Temple, close to Hanoi. But first breakfast. The best Pho ever&#8230;.. NOT According to the Lonely Planet the best Pho of the entire country is sold at the fast food franchise Pho24. As experienced Pho testers we of course have to check this statement, because Pho quality [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3848023&amp;post=491&amp;subd=tomvanlamoen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam traffic rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: probably the government of Vietnam has an official set of rules. These are to be considered as street customs, as experienced by us. Maximum speed: not applicable Signs: not certain, we cannot read Vietnamese and are uncertain if people follow the signs. Lanes: People drive on the right lane. If there are multiple lanes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3848023&amp;post=455&amp;subd=tomvanlamoen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 18 &#124; Haiphong &#8211; Hanoi</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/day-18-haiphong-hanoi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning we rode the last part to Hanoi on the HW5, only about one hundred kilometers, terrible road. After a bit of searching we found the hotel. After driving we definetely need a shower. The air pollution and dust is so bad, brown faces, dusty clothes, sticky pants, etc. Normally the first person has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3848023&amp;post=488&amp;subd=tomvanlamoen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 17 &#124; Cat Ba Island &#8211; Haiphong</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/day-17-cat-ba-island-haiphong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The entire time here on the island the weather has been cloudy. We hoped to get some sun for even better views. Unfortunately no sun is expected any time soon. So today it&#8217;s back to the mainland. The plan: ferry to Halong Bay and a nice drive from there to halfway Hanoi. See some nice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3848023&amp;post=471&amp;subd=tomvanlamoen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 16 &#124; Cat Ba Bed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sleep late until 3, enjoy the views, from the terrace at The Good Bar.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3848023&amp;post=469&amp;subd=tomvanlamoen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 15 &#124; Cat Ba Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we booked a boat trip in the bay with Slo Pony. The boat took us to some of the beautiful places in the bay. This area, a Unesco World Heritage Site, were small rock islands are towering out of the ocean, is best known by Halong Bay. Cat Ha Island is another location, with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3848023&amp;post=465&amp;subd=tomvanlamoen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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