My travel preparations for Vietnam

Ok guys I am back after a long hiatus. The short story here is that I am preparing for my trip to Vietnam and that trip will be for a new project that my company has bagged.

Hmm I have never had any international travel experience so I am a little worried about almost everything. Starting from my flights to my luggage and also food.

I have tried everything that we can get in India which can be called international. Like the Japanese food and the Thai cuisine but I have never tried the Vietnamese food so I am a bit scared. The travel and places information can be sourced from this site which has very good information on all topics.

The next best thing that I could do was to look for the Vietnam related blogs and I found one very interesting blog which is the Vietnam Info blog. Now this blog is very interesting and has a lot of information regarding the customs, traditions and life about people of Vietnam.

The info about Ho Chi Minh City is absolutely what I want.

Hey coming back to what I would like for the most part is the food and I got a lot of information about the Vietnam food and yes what they call as the Best Pho in town.

As far as travel is concerned I am ok with the flight and the jet lag. I have had my medications and will be getting some cross cultural training from my company regarding customs and social do and dont's.

My Trip To Shimla

Being a Pucca Punjabi I had been going TO Shimla to enjoy the winters over there. They say that you usually get snow in the Winter around the 25th over there and hence my trip there every year near the Christmas and new year time.

Initially I used to go with my friend but now I go with my wife and kids. It is good three hours drive from Chnadigarh.

Ofcourse you can take a train if you want to enjoy the sight seeing and the toy ride from Kalka to Shimla.

The traffic has gone from bad to worse and there is absoluetly now way you can get parking there and water is also an issue. Then there are issues with hotels an also with the huge rush in the winter season.

The best thing which I usually do is that travel to Kufri or Chail so as to be in a good spot to enjoy the beauty of the whole hills.

I was reading this blog about globe trotting and they has some wonderful travel tips. I am sure that next time when I travel to Shimla or any where else I am going to keep these in mind.