Vietnam Handbook: The Travel Guide (Footprint Handbook)

by JohnColet (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $11.75

  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

  $3.30

  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
  2001

  $41.94

  Vietnam after the war--this guide shows readers how to get from Hanoi to Saigon and what to expect in this recuperating country. An analysis is given of the influence of the war. John Colet lives and works in Saigon and speaks Vietnamese. Joshua Eliot lives in England but is a regular visitor to Southeast Asia. 46 maps.