The Mekong Delta is a water world of dizzying, dazzling, ‘spit-in-your-eye’ greens, long-stemmed vivid fuschia water lilies, and purple water hyacinth. It’s a world of boats, floating houses, markets and fish farms. A world where rivers, canals and streams outnumber the patches of land. It’s a world where everything bobs gently up and down, and [...]
HCM City will host a series of cultural events to celebrate the 121st birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh on May 19. One of the highlights will be Vang Mai Khuc Ca Ten Nguoi (Forever Songs in Praise of Uncle Ho), in which more than 100 singers, dancers and musicians from theatres and art [...]
Hello World! Greetings from Hue, Vietnam, where culture thrives and history is preserved. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get around to see much of it since I’ve been hit with another case of the Belly Bugs, which has kept me indoors (and close to the bathroom) for the past few days. So at least [...]
We woke up at 7:30, ate breakfast, and got on our bus to Halong Bay. A four hour ride and we were on the Jolly Roger, our junk boat and home for the next 24 hours or so. From here we took about a three hour cruise through the cove where we put up anchor [...]
We arrived in Sapa at about 7:30 in the morning, after the night train and an hour long bus ride. Just the two of us for the first time in a while. We left the British boys in Hanoi and will meet up with them in a couple days in Laos and Maryse was left [...]
Well, now into the fourth day in Vietnam and so much has happened. The dominant impression: it’s the land of motorbikes. Got off the plane Saturday afternoon (May 7th) in Ho Chi Min City (or Saigon, as it’s still known by locals) and taking the taxi to downtown, I was just overwhelmed by the number [...]
We are in Vietnam for the last leg of our trip. We started in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and worked our way up the coast stopping at Mui Ne and Nha Trang. In Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) we had our first experience of the infamous Vietnamese traffic. It may have been a little [...]
You know you’re doing OK when a hotel emails you to tell you how nice you were! Got this earlier: ‘Dear Rachel, On behalf of Nino Hotel team, I would like to send our deep thanks to you, for your coming and stay in our hotel. It was a pleasure for us to welcome you [...]
So two pairs of shoes, three dresses, a skirt, three tops, about 20 visits to the tailor later, you could say I’ve succeeded in expanding my wardrobe.. and reducing my bank account. Cammy didn’t do too bad either, getting a cashmere suit for only $160 as well as three pairs of shoes, two pairs of [...]
. . . and then the time came We headed off on our trip with equal parts excitement and trepidation about the next 12mths with the first stop being Kuala Lumpur. It felt like such a long time ago that we decided to put our lives on hold to go and experience as much of [...]
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