Ho Chi Minh
by Today we slept in. We woke at 8am. Today is the day for packing. We spent until about 11am packing up our packs ready for …
Category: Vietnam
Cu Chi Tunnels
Following the temple, we partook of vege food (similar to the Cao Daians) before heading back, approx 40kms to the second set of the Cu …
Cao Dai Temple – Tây Ninh
8.30 start – off to Cao Dai Temple. around 100kms from central Ho Chi Mihn city. Many more people on these tours in Saigon – …
Floating Markets
We woke to the sound of a knock at the door. Wake up knock. 6.45am. No chance of a sleep-in. We headed off at 8 …
Mekong Delta
After breakfast at the hotel, supplied free of charge – tea, coffee, bread, jam, and bananas. Sinh Cafe tours- are successful – obvious from the …
Danang To Ho Chi Minh City
Today we woke early and Simon went to the early morning market to watch the fishermen come in. He said there were lots of different …
Mỹ Sơn
Decision day! To go or not to go to Turkey? The lack of solid information makes decision-making more difficult… Okay, a minibus to Mỹ Sơn …
Hội An
Our first sleep-in for the whole trip was great. We decided to go and check the emails. We had about 16 a lot of them …
Hue to Hội An
Late start ( 6:40 a.m.) after a good meal at the restaurant in the grounds of the Le Liu Hue hotel ( very good ) …
Hue
Arrived in Hue at 8:30 am and quickly got off the train, trying to avoid being pushed back by all the Vietnamese coming aboard. Outside …
Cat Ba to Hanoi
Reunification ExpressEarly start again! Cold shower again! Bread and processed cheese again! What a morning Quite a swell, in local terms, is running, making boarding …
Cat Ba Island
Woke for breakfast at 7:30. We caught a rickety old bus at 8 am to the Cat Ba National Park where we have three choices …
Halong Bay
Another early departure! Ready for a sleep-in! The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on …
Perfume Pagoda
We woke early as today we went to the perfume pagoda. After getting some bread for 1000 dong each piece, we set off on a …
Bắc Hà to Hanoi
5 AM. Woke to the sound of the voice of Vietnam blaring down the valley from the multiple loudspeakers overlooking Bắc Hà. Although our hotel …
Bắc Hà
Today we were up early and we set off for Bắc Hà another village up in the hills. It took three hours to drive there. …