Traveling Vietnam -And Finding Our Favourite Food
As most of us know, Vietnam is renowned for its food. Fresh, tasty, and authentic. The Vietnamese people celebrate food and treat it as a time to get together with friends and family to share plates of delicious food, cooked…
Travelling Vietnam – Hanoi
The Capital of Vietnam Hanoi is one of the most exciting and absorbing cities I have ever visited. The best way I can describe its appeal is to divide our experiences into headings named “Streets.” It is a city very…
Travelling Vietnam – Final leg
Saigon to Chau Doc A six and half hour bus trip from HCMC to Chau Doc was the last leg of our Vietnam journey. We planned to travel by ferry up the Mekong to Phnom Penh for the next instalment…
Travelling Vietnam -Ho Chi Minh City
aka Saigon Saigon is a city I always wanted to see. During the Vietnam War, I used to imagine journalists holed up in hotel rooms, busy typing or telexing their foreign correspondent reports back to the West. My father was…
Traveling Vietnam- Hoi An
Hoi An Hoi An translates as “peaceful meeting place”. And indeed, the city’s serenity was captivating as soon as we disembarked from our 45-minute taxi ride from Danang. History – A UNESCO World Heritage site, the small ancient city of…
Traveling Vietnam -The Central Coast
Da Nang As we trained into Da Nang, one of the most eye-catching sights from my window seat was the view of “Lady Buddha Da Nang.” She is huge. At 67 metres high, she is the tallest Buddha statue in…