Vietnam

(by Jerome Pasquero)

In September 2004, Tanya and I left Montreal for 5 weeks to go discover Vietnam. This section is meant to be a short account (mostly in pictures) of our adventures. We started from the Southern city of Saigon and worked our way North to the capital, Hanoi. Vietnam is an incredible and beautiful country of contrast that has shaped our imagination forever. Every trip that we will undergo now in the future will be compared to these five weeks. Five weeks where we handed ourselves over to a country that was waiting for us with open arms. Sit comfortably in your chair, forget all your worries and enjoy the show...

		Socialist Republic of Vietnam
	Area:	329,566 sq km
	Population:	81.62 million (2004)
	Capital:	Hanoi (pop 3.5 million)
	People:	84% ethnic Vietnamese, 2% ethnic Chinese, also Khmers, Chams and members of over 50 ethnolinguistic groups
	Language:	Vietnamese, Russian, French, Chinese, English
	Religion:	Buddhism, Taoism, Confuciasm, Hoa Hoa, Islam, Christianity
	Government:	Communist state

*source: www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_east_asia/vietnam/

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Pictures were taken with Tanya's digital camera (Olympus Stylus 410) and with my film camera (Kodak Advantix C700). To view the pictures for a region, simply click on the corresponding region on the map or on the thumbnails below.


	`*source for Vietnam map: www.lonelyplanet.com`