Vietnam Handbook: The Travel Guide (Footprint Handbook)

by JohnColet (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  This edition offers an up-to-date guide to an increasingly popular destination. A country whose coastline that stretches over 3000km, there is however, more to Vietnam than beaches. This revised guide shows you what else is on offer in this friendly developing nation. The guide features background information on Vietnam's modern history, details of local cuisine and the best places to sample it, and shopping tips and the best locally produced goods on offer. Pointers on learning the language, and up-to-date listings on where to stay and how to escape the hoards are also included.

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.25

  Grannies practising tai chi at dawn. Noodle carts and nouvelle cuisine. From watery plains to mountain scenery and magical deserted beaches. War wounds and historical symbolism. Temples and jade pagodas. Monarchs, monks, mandarins and merchants. Floating markets and ancient streets. Ancient Chama ruins. Where to eat tigers' testicles and bears' feet. Dancing til the lights come up at Apocalypse Now...

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $4.33

  The pace of economic and political change in Vietnam is fast and furious, and the implications for travellers are perpetually changing. This handbook is written by two specialists who know and understand the country well. John Colet lives and works in Saigon and speaks Vietnamese. Planning a visit to Vietnam is an interesting exercise, the country's two principal cities of Hanoi and Saigon being at opposite ends of the country. The handbook contains ideas and suggestions on how to get about and capitalize on all there is to see. Lightweight and portable, the guide contains information on: the latest information on how to get about by air, train and bus with timetables and fares; full background details on Vietnam's history, culture and landscape; an appraisal of the Vietnam war and its implications on modern Vietnam; tour operators, both overseas and in Vietnam; and how to get a visa, and regulations for tourists.