Websites and Blogs
With so much information on the web it’s amazing how often we are confronted by unforseen challenges daily. Perhaps that’s the charm of being an expat. To help you plan for the unexpected, check out the following blogs and websites. This is not a complete list but most have links to like minded bloggers.
NOTE: Many have not been updated. Addresses have changed and prices have gone up, (or down). Try to link into a discussion forum with people on the ground. Their contributors should be knighted for their support. Thanks to you all !
Cultural happenings www.hanoigrapevine.com
Cultural information http://www.culturalprofiles.net/visiting_arts/Directories/Overview/-8.html
The most current information http://newhanoian.xemzi.com/
Things Asian – stories by travelers www.thingsasian.com/
Defies description http://thecomicalhat.wordpress.com
Lonely Planet, of course www.lonelyplanet.com/
Travelfish guide www.travelfish.org/country/vietnam
Big web encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam
And the travel site http://wikitravel.org/en/Vietnam
About traveling www.travelindependent.info/asia-indochina.htm#Vietnam
Keep a travelogue and post a few pics www.travelpod.com/
Another travelogue resource http://www.ballofdirt.com/
Travelblogs at http://www.travelblog.org/
Post photos at www.worldisround.com/travel/index.html
Softball and hockey – Canadians ? EH www.vietnamviewpoints.com
Listing of service providers www.expatvietnam.net
Official websites for tourism www.vietnamtourism.com www.vietnamtourism.gov.vn/english/
Unofficial website for AA in Hanoi www.aahanoi.com
Adopting in Vietnam www.adoptvietnam.org
The best blog about food www.stickyrice.typepad.com
Wine connoisseurs www.wineoi.com
Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation works with street children and the rural poor
www.vietnamstreets.blogspot.com
A school in Hanoi for disadvantaged youth www.hoasuaschool.com/
KOTO training school www.streetvoices.com.au
KOTO volunteer Steve. Gone but not forgotten http://www.ourman.typepad.com
http://vdict.com/ Vietnamese/English dictionary
Highly entertaing Bilo http://thirstythongs.wordpress.com/
Academic papers www.seas.at
And more academic papers http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asoa-www-monitor.html
And if you travel south www.asialifehcmc.com/
19/09/08