tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19830056.post4672744143230081713..comments2023-06-12T06:27:04.142-04:00Comments on Viet Nam from a distance: PleiKu Hoteldrifter1dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980949928480625468noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19830056.post-50208829666460136652010-03-20T01:39:01.152-04:002010-03-20T01:39:01.152-04:00I enjoyed the bus ride up from Nha Trang last Febr...I enjoyed the bus ride up from Nha Trang last February, but it took us three tries to find a hotel that would take me (apparently, hotels have to have special licenses to take westerners). It was the second least friendly place I have visited in Vietnam. (Son Tay raid site was the least friendliest). Strangely, the personnel of the provincial museum were quite friendly, and Pleiku has the most unusual Chinese tea house I have ever seen. It was really strange to find it there. I suspect tourists are few and far between in Pleiku. It took me three tries to find where my compound was in 1968, and where all the Yard villages were is now covered by city. Most of the Pleiku I knew is now covered by a large, vacant park. As for the best place to drink a beer, I found a very nice tennis club in a faux colonial neighborhood. The ARVN cemetery is off limits, as the ground is still controlled by the military, but local officials were kind enough to inform me that the remains I was looking for had been relocated to Hue by Major Thuan's family, who are cousins to the former emperor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19830056.post-27343749379650781402009-08-11T05:51:13.376-04:002009-08-11T05:51:13.376-04:00Good thing you can fly out, I scared for life when...Good thing you can fly out, I scared for life when it comes to Vietnamese buses lol!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349494435098637071noreply@blogger.com