Jan 31st, 2012 at 6:00PM:
Each morning in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, mobile street vendors brave the city's frenetic traffic to hawk breakfast specialties like banana patties, pho, and other popular Vietnamese street foods. A typical Monday morning scene is captured in today's monochrome Photo of the Day from Flickr user Jeryc Garcia.
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Photo of the Day: Monday morning in Ho Chi Minh City
Jan 31st, 2012 at 6:00PM:
Each morning in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, mobile street vendors brave the city's frenetic traffic to hawk breakfast specialties like banana patties, pho, and other popular Vietnamese street foods. A typical Monday morning scene is captured in today's monochrome Photo of the Day from Flickr user Jeryc Garcia.
Does your photo belong here? Upload your favorite travel shots to the Gadling ...Video of the Day: Traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietman
Dec 5th, 2011 at 6:30PM:
Everyone I know who has spent any time in Vietnam has bemoaned how challenging it is to cross the streets there. It's like a game of Frogger, but the stakes are much higher. This time lapse shows just how chaotic and frenetic the streets of Ho Chi Minh City actually are. The number of motorbikes along is staggering. Add to that roundabouts, limited traffic signage and pedestrians and you have ...
Vintage aircraft collection to feature Legends and Legacies Series
Nov 18th, 2011 at 1:00PM: For aviation fans, visiting a vintage aircraft collection is about as good as it gets. Scattered around the United States from Richmond, Virginia to Galveston, Texas, aircraft of yesteryear are available to view and some even still fly. One collection, Fantasy of Flight in Florida, takes it all a step further with its Fourth Annual Legends & Legacies Symposium Series, which features new and ...Photos of Vietnam by Brian Kelley
Nov 2nd, 2011 at 9:30AM: Some beautiful photos of Vietnam recently caught my eye. Taken by Brian Kelley, these shots relay to viewers the journey he and nine other skateboarders were on when they traveled through Vietnam (as well as Myanmar, Cambodia, and Thailand) as a part of a project called Visual Traveling.
The Vietnam series, which can be found on Brian Kelley's website, contains photos that are each examples of ...Man sets out on 5,000 mile hike throughout Asia to raise money for charity
Oct 13th, 2011 at 3:30PM: Winston Fiore, a 26 year old Marine from Bloomington, Indiana, has set out on a 5,000 mile journey, by foot, throughout Southeast Asia and China. Fiore arrived in Southeast Asia on September 25, 2011, for what is called "Smile Trek", and is projecting it will take him a year to walk the entire route, which begins and ends in Singapore.
The goal of the journey is to raise $50,000 or more for the ...Snake Village in Hanoi, Vietnam, allows visitors to kill and eat their own snake
Oct 10th, 2011 at 2:00PM: Located in Le Mat, Hanoi, Vietnam, the Snake Village is filled with the snake-related opportunities. Drink snake, eat snake, hold snakes, and even kill your own snake at eat its organs.
Finding it hard to wrap your head around an experience like this? Blogger Anna at TravelPod described the experience like this:
"We stood around them and watched as they slit the live snake and then furrowed ...
Photo of the day - Lunchtime in Vietnam
Oct 6th, 2011 at 7:00PM:
If it weren't for the modern water bottles on the tables, this photo could have been taken in any year. Flickr user American Jon captured a beautiful lunchtime scene at the Bac Ha Sunday market in Vietnam, with great color from the traditional costumes and perfect lighting. Bac Ha is known for the many ethnic minorities who are found only in the region, serving up unusual food like thang co, a ...A journey through Vietnam
Sep 2nd, 2011 at 1:00PM:
Lost in a world of Skype and Reddit at Gadling Labs this morning, we were thrilled to get a dispatch from our friend Sean over at Vimeo. In a A Journey Through Vietnam, Leon Visser and his friends capture a summer vacation taken through the budget friendly nation of Vietnam, complete with plenty of local portraits, breathtaking scenery and a good beat to boot. It's the perfect sort of ...
10 countries Americans need advance visas to visit
Aug 17th, 2011 at 12:00PM: We live in an increasingly borderless world and we have access to many countries that were closed (or non-existent) 20 years ago. As reported earlier this week, Americans are especially lucky with access to 169 countries visa free. Still, there are still many countries that Americans need advance visas to visit. Visa applications and processing services can cost several hundreds of dollars and ...Traveler Q & A: Pavia Rosati
Aug 2nd, 2011 at 9:30AM: Pavia Rosati is the founder of Fathom, a recently debuted travel website. Fathom is smart and beautifully designed. It's full of exciting short briefs about various destinations across the globe.
Rosati, as you'll see from her answers below, is an experienced editor and an avid traveler. Her enthusiasm for Fathom's subject matter is palpable and infectious. We love Fathom and can't wait to see ...Photo of the day - Vietnamese flower seller
Jul 7th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Sometimes (for instance during a summer day of on-again-off-again rain in London) only a major splash of color will do. Today's Photo of the Day, by Luke Robinson, accomplishes this end very well. This Vietnamese flower seller is surrounded by brilliant hues, made all the more noticeable by the gray metal backdrop. Even the blue of the flower seller's jacket is bright and compelling.
Got an ...Cobras cause panic on train in Vietnam
May 30th, 2011 at 8:30AM:
Passengers on a train in Vietnam got an unwelcome shock when dozens of cobras and king cobras were seen slithering under the seats.
The train, traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, was stopped at Quang Ngai when the incident happened. Apparently someone was smuggling the animals when they broke loose. Police gathered up 45 kilos (99lb) worth of snakes but didn't find the smuggler.
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Video of the Day - Journey through Asia
May 3rd, 2011 at 5:00PM:
If you have 4 minutes to spare and a virtual tour through Thailand, Cambodia, & Vietnam strikes your fancy; sit back and enjoy this beautiful montage from filmmaker Ivan Vania.
Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II and set to a soundtrack by Yann Tiersen (composer of the score for Amélie), it's an incredibly vivid depiction of the boat rides, temples, smiles, and landscapes that many ...
Rescuers work to save "sacred" Vietnamese turtle
Mar 8th, 2011 at 11:30AM: How do you save a sacred Vietnamese turtle? Very, very carefully, according to dozens of veterinarian workers in Hanoi who are trying to capture a rare giant turtle in desperate need of medical attention from Vietnam's Hoan Kiem Lake.
Workers waded through the lake to try to save the giant freshwater turtle so it could be pulled to land and treated. The animal - one of only four Rafeteus ...Vietnam authorities suspend tour company over deaths
Mar 7th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
Citing negligence, Vietnam authorities suspended a tour company responsible for the deaths of 12 tourists killed last month when the boat they were sleeping on sank.
AZ Queen Company had clients from nine different countries including Americans, Austrailans and Britons sleeping on a tour boat anchored in Ha Long Bay near the Vietnam-Chinese border when the aged vessel suddenly filled with ...Rarest mammal in the world caught on video in Indonesia
Mar 3rd, 2011 at 11:30AM:
The Javan rhinoceros is widely considered the rarest mammal in the world. Flirting with extinction for decades, it is estimated that only forty of the beast remain on the island of Java in Indonesia and less than ten in southern Vietnam. Once the most widespread rhino species, poachers and human development have made life increasingly difficult for the small rhino. None exist in captivity.
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Archaeologists discover "Great Wall of Vietnam"
Jan 29th, 2011 at 10:00AM: Archaeologists in central Vietnam have discovered what locals are calling the "Great Wall of Vietnam", The Korean Times reports.
The wall is up to 4 meters (13 ft.) high in spots and stretches for 127 km (78 miles). While parts of it are an earth embankment instead of a stone wall, it's still a major engineering feat and the longest monument in Southeast Asia. It's almost as long as Hadrian's ...Photo of the Day - English Class in Vietnam
Jan 24th, 2011 at 6:30PM:
As we travel the world taking in the sights and sounds, it's often easy to forget that the people whom we romanticize are just people living their own lives and trying to fulfill their own dreams. Those workers tending rice paddies, artisans weaving tapestries and farmers herding livestock may make for some fanastic stories when we return home, but they all remain where we saw them, taking on ...World's largest cave passage finally revealed
Jan 6th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
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For whatever reason, caves appeal to me. And although I'm admittedly a novice, my brawniness negotiated only by yoga, caving appeals to me, as well. I just started exploring caves a few years ago and have found my efforts to expand on the practice stifled by White Nose Syndrome, a condition that has left bats for dead in caves from Canada to Oklahoma. ...Q & A with travel and food writer Zora O'Neill
Dec 14th, 2010 at 11:30AM: Zora O'Neill is a travel and food writer, an editor, and the co-founder (with Tamara Reynolds) of an underground Astoria supper club so successful that it eventually spawned Forking Fantastic!, a cookbook and entertaining guide.
Zora has authored guidebooks for Lonely Planet, Moon, and Rough Guides. Her expertise runs from Egypt to Amsterdam to her home state of New Mexico and on to the ...
