Category Archives: Vietnam

We’re now in the town where we got engaged, about 5 years ago. Tomorrow is our wedding anniversary! Hoi An is my favourite place in Vietnam – not too busy, plenty to see and do, the food is great, the … Continue reading →

We’ve spent over a week in Sapa, Vietnam. It’s a small town high up in the mountains near the Chinese border. Being high, it’s cold and often foggy – we got five days of it. So we had to do … Continue reading →

We were only going to stop DBP overnight and head to Sapa the next morning but since Rimu was sick we spent an extra day there and I explored the city. We were quickly reminded of one of the less … Continue reading →

A great many tourists just go to the area around this town in day-trip tours, from Hanoi. So when staying in Nimh Binh instead, you’re surprisingly far off the main tourist track; no ‘normal’ resteraunts, only a couple of hotels. … Continue reading →

A couple of hours out of Hanoi is the town Nimh Binh. There is nothing ‘special’ about the place, except that it’s quite close to a few major tourist things; some caves, lots of great scenery and Vietnam’s biggest national … Continue reading →

Ha Long Bay is close to Hanoi, and a place where about 2000 cartoon-like islands poke out of the sea. The manual (Lonely Planet) said that pretty much the only way to do it was by booking a tour and … Continue reading →

From the evening of the 16th through till around the 22nd, vietnam celebrates the beginning of the new year. Tet, they call it. For many, this is the only holiday they get all year, so it’s a major event! Travelling … Continue reading →

For a change, we got a motorbike for the day ($4), and took off to a place called ‘Marble Mountain’, which is pretty much what you expect it to be; a small mountain made of marble. It’s got many caves … Continue reading →

Picked up our clothes in the morning, everything fit perfectly and no alterations were necessary. Everything looks really really nice. We taught the shop assistant women how to play Last Card. They loved it, specially when you make others pick … Continue reading →