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Subject: Re: Vietnam shore visit Posted on: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 06:17:51 +0000 (UTC)

Hi Carl,

You can arrange a visa yourself quite easily through any embassy for
around the US$40 mark. However, check with you TA as the ship may
handle everything for you.

Also, ignore most of the posts from disgruntled vets - the place is
interesting to visit some 30 odd years after the it was carpet bombed,
phosphored and deforested. I guess they (the vets) can't get over the
fact that the most powerful nation on earth with all of the latest gear
got totally screwed by a bunch of rice farmers. I especially liked the
comment by one respondant regarding the attrocities committed by the
Vietnamese - he should take a look in his own back yard with the secret
CIA torture camps and the concentration camp in Cuba.

Have a good trip

Joe


carlknoxrobinson@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Did a wonderful cruise in May on Superstar Virgo and was impressed that
> all of the passport control was handled for us on the day excursions.
>
> I intend to do another trip on the same ship next year. This time it
> involves a day trip to Vietnam.
>
> Being a socialist republic (that's what it says on their website - I
> always thought they were Communist still), do we need to arrange a visa
> before the visit or would the ship handle this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl