Re: Update on Summit Preparation Vietnam

[Hong Phuc Dang <dhppat gmail com>]

Stormy,

 

Mui Ne is actually a cultural place. The area was previous occupied by the Cham Kingdom. The Cham Tower which was built in the 8th century is one of the oldest temple in Vietnam. And there are many ethnic minority villages around. It is also said to be the place where Vietnamese most famous poet Han Mac Tu met his girl friend, Mong Cam. This guy was extremely talented but died very young. And also, this place was related to the story of Huyen Tran princess, who married to the King of Cham as an exchange of two pieces of land for our nation. So, Mui Ne is full of stories of ghost, fairies, monsters etc., which is what Vietnamese culture is all the about.

 

If you want a day long trip, we can consider Cu Chi Tunnel. More information at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu_Chi_tunnels . Well, in my opinion, Cu Chi is just ok. In fact, we don't have many choices for one-day trip from Ho Chi Minh though.

 

Hong Phuc

 

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org> wrote:

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Shane Martin Coughlan <shane opendawn com> wrote:

> * As discussed it is a good idea to organize an excursion after the
> event, I think probably a two day trip. Or would more days be fine?
> Hong Phuc already talked to agencies/hotels about an excursion as
> well. A nice spot close to Ho-Chi-Minh City is Mui Ne (See:
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2009/Excursion and
> http://wikitravel.org/en/Mui_Ne)

An excursion is a nice idea if the audience will have free time.  However,
when I have travelled for conferences I don't usually have any extra days in
the location.  My suggestion is to ensure that all conference business (and
primary networking) is done within the event days, and this excursion is
purely an extra treat.

I agree. We should also consider finding something that is a day long, as many people might consider staying a day as opposed to two. Also, while the beach sounds great, something cultural would probably be more successful. Thoughts?

The day in Beijing was great - both to see the Great Wall and to hang out with other GNOME people and get to know them better.

Stormy
 

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